Originally from Taranaki, New Zealand, I went on to complete a BSc and PG-Dip in Ecology and Biodiversity at Victoria University of Wellington, then an MSc and PhD in Evolutionary Ecology at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, where I was supervised by Prof Russell Bonduriansky and Dr Angela Crean. My PhD thesis explored male reproductive investment and phenotypic plasticity in post-copulatory traits.
I am currently a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at UNSW working in the Inter-Disciplinary Ecology and Evolution Lab (I-DEEL) with Prof Shinichi Nakagawa. I combine empirical research with Drosophila melanogaster and quantitative literature syntheses such as meta-analyses to address a broad range of questions within evolutionary ecology and environmental science. I am especially interested in life-history theory and reproductive investment strategies, phenotypic plasticity, and non-genetic inheritance. I am also becoming a more active member in helping improve reproducibility in ecology and evolution.
I am currently a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at UNSW working in the Inter-Disciplinary Ecology and Evolution Lab (I-DEEL) with Prof Shinichi Nakagawa. I combine empirical research with Drosophila melanogaster and quantitative literature syntheses such as meta-analyses to address a broad range of questions within evolutionary ecology and environmental science. I am especially interested in life-history theory and reproductive investment strategies, phenotypic plasticity, and non-genetic inheritance. I am also becoming a more active member in helping improve reproducibility in ecology and evolution.
Banner: Mount Taranaki in my home town, New Plymouth | Lower photo: Fowlers Gap, UNSW Arid Zone Field Station
