I am a recent PhD graduand from the Evolution and Ecology Research Centre at the University of New South Wales. I am interested in a wide range of topics within evolutionary biology including; chemical communication, ageing, trait integration, sex-role reversal and sexual selection amongst many others! For my PhD in the Bonduriansky lab I used the neriid fly Telostylinus angusticollis to empircally investigate numerous environmental effects on reproductive allocation.
I completed my MSc under the supervision of Professor Gregory Holwell at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. I investigated the courtship and aggressive behaviours, and allometry of an unstudied species of fly, Scordalus femoratus (Helosciomyzidae), along with the community ecology of native carrion flies in the Waitakere ranges. I have a keen interest in insects (particularly flies) but am willing to work with anything if the organism suits the question!
I am currently working on a number of projects with Professor Russell Bonduriansky and more recently, Professor John Hunt using the decorated cricket Gryllodes sigillatus. I am also a reviewing editor for the Journal of Evolutionary Biology.
PhD in Evolutionary Ecology, 2020
University of New South Wales
MSc in Evolutionary Ecology, 2014
University of Auckland
BSc in Biological Sciences, 2012
University of Auckland