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Profile summary

2023-present: Employability Lead (School of Biological and Marine Sciences)

2022-present: Lecturer in Behaviour and Evolution

Professional memberships

Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB)

Roles on external bodies

2025-present Biology Letters Review Editor

2019-2024 Biology Letters editorial board member 

2017-2024 Member of the British Ecological Society (BES) Review College

 

Supervised research degrees

2025-present: Liz Miles 'Investigating cryptic speciation in the beadlet sea anemone Actinia equinaPhD (DoS)

2024-present: Amy Bromley 'Investigating the effect of morphotype and investment in parental care on motivation to fight in the minotaur beetle Typhaeus typhoeus.' ResM (DoS)

2023-2024: Joshua Le Pla ' Investigating trade-offs in strength, skill and vigour in Pagurus bernhardus.' ResM (Co-S)

2022-present: Amelia Clifford 'Do cnidarians show behavioural pre-requisites of sentience? Awareness and personality in the sea anemone Actina equina.' PhD (Co-S)

2021-2023: Shaun Rowlands ‘Plasticity and reproductive success of male fruit flies, Drosophila melanogaster, as a response to changes in larval density.’ ResM (Co-S)

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 14 - Life Below Water
  • SDG 15 - Life on Land

Research Interests

  • I am a behavioural ecologist interested in different forms of conflict resulting from sexual and natural selection, including sexual conflict and contest behaviour. Conflict has huge evolutionary significance as it determines the unequal division of resources vital for reproduction and survival, yet there is still much we don't understand about agonistic interactions. My current research focusses largely on understanding how individuals make strategic decisions to maximise the benefits gained from engaging in a fight while minimising the costs incurred. I am particularly interested in the use of weapons and how the costs of conflict (especially injury) influence strategic decisions.

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