Thermal and Eco Physiology
I am an invertebrate physiologist with an interest in thermal physiology and the mechanisms conferring thermal tolerance. I am particularly interested in understanding how we may use our knowledge of invertebrate physiology to inform the development of targeted landscape management to enhance the thermal resilience of beneficial insects in a changing climate.
Conservation Ecology
I study pest insects (particularly the aphids) and insects that perform beneficial ecosystem services (biological control, pollination). I am interested in the interplay between landscape intensification and microclimate, how this impacts beneficial insects, and how this can inform landscape management and restoration to encourage and conserve beneficial insects. I endeavour to understand how we may utilise ‘Functional Agricultural Biodiversity’ to reinstate beneficial biodiversity back into degraded or heavily managed systems and, in doing so, restore beneficial insects and the key ecosystem services they provide.
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