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 time of writing, I am a Forrest Prospect Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Western Australia, where I will be working on the role of behavioural ecology in the management of invasive ants. In 2020 I was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Exeter, where I worked mainly at the interface of social evolution and sexual selection. Prior to this, I completed my PhD at UWA, which was based on the importance of relatedness and social context on male harmfulness, using the bean weevil Callosobruchus maculatus. I have never conducted any research of any kind on the beetle pictured above, I just liked the photo. 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 PhD 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:
Raphael Didham (UWA) Bruce Webber (CSIRO) David Hosken (University of Exeter) Nina Wedell (University of Exeter) Leigh Simmons (UWA) Joseph Tomkins (UWA) Stephen Hopper (UWA) Blake Wyber (UWA) Alan Lymbery (Murdoch University) David Morgan (Murdoch University) |