Social Evolution
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This is my personal website, primarily designed to tell you about my research and post unrelated photos. At the moment, I am conducting my research at the University of Western Australia, where I study the interface between social evolution and sexual conflict. So far, the primary focus of my research has been to determine the importance of relatedness and social context on male harmfulness, using the bean weevil Callosobruchus maculatus. This is a useful model species and is very much not represented by the above picture - C. maculatus is a bruchid, not a true weevil. If you think you might be interested in my research, would like to discuss collaborations, think you are likely to offer me a job or just have some urgent procrastinating to do, read on.
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Here is my ferret.
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Reading is boring, Sam. Where's the video?If you're thinking, "wow, this sounds interesting, if only there were a three minute summary of Sam's research in video format that I could watch on repeat," you're in luck. In 2017 I was a finalist at the UWA 3 Minute Thesis Competition and was lucky enough to be presented with the People's Choice Award. While I personally do not intend to watch the recording of this ever again, you can do so here:
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While I was in England networking with colleagues, I met this dog.
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Collaborators
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For better or worse, I'm just starting out on the research path. Nevertheless, I have several noteworthy collaborators. Here they are:
Leigh Simmons (UWA) Joseph Tomkins (UWA) Raphael Didham (UWA) Stephen Hopper (UWA) Blake Wyber (UWA) Alan Lymbery (Murdoch University) David Morgan (Murdoch University) |