Generally, I combine empirical research and meta-analysis to address a broad range of questions within evolutionary ecology. I am especially interested in life-history theory, reproductive investment strategies, and non-genetic inheritance.
I am currently an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz working with Prof Hanna Kokko where I am examining the effects of environmental fluctuations on bet-hedging strategies and how sexual selection may purge deletarious alleles to avoid inbreeding depression. I am also a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the University of Sydney working with Professor Stephen Simpson as part of the GECKO Consortium where we use nutritional geometry to examine the effects of paternal diet on offspring health and fitness, and an Adjunct Associate Lecturer at the University of New South Wales, Sydney.
My PhD thesis explored male reproductive investment and phenotypic plasticity in post-copulatory traits.
I am currently an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz working with Prof Hanna Kokko where I am examining the effects of environmental fluctuations on bet-hedging strategies and how sexual selection may purge deletarious alleles to avoid inbreeding depression. I am also a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the University of Sydney working with Professor Stephen Simpson as part of the GECKO Consortium where we use nutritional geometry to examine the effects of paternal diet on offspring health and fitness, and an Adjunct Associate Lecturer at the University of New South Wales, Sydney.
My PhD thesis explored male reproductive investment and phenotypic plasticity in post-copulatory traits.
Banner: Mount Taranaki in my home town, New Plymouth | Lower photo: Fowlers Gap, UNSW Arid Zone Field Station
