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 Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Exeter, where I work mainly at the interface of social evolution and sexual selection. In Februrary 2021 I will be heading to the Universisty of Western Australia to take up a Forrest Prospect Fellowship to work on the behaviour, social structure and competitive ability of invasive ants. For me, this will be a return to the university where I completed my PhD, which was based on the importance of relatedness and social context on male harmfulness, using the bean weevil Callosobruchus maculatus. 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) |