Research
Research Interest 1
I am a community ecologist with a particular interest in understanding how tropical grassy systems are structured, how they function and the best way to conserve them. Much of my work, and that of my research group, focuses on invertebrates - particularly social insects.
Research groups
Research grants
Decision support for restoring ecological networks in rapidly developing, biodiverse countries
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL
November 2017 - April 2019
Community assembly in old-growth tropical forest
LEVERHULME TRUST (UK)
January 2018 - November 2022
Investigating dominant herbivores in the Serengeti: the role of fire and the wildebeest migration
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY (USA)
May 2016 - August 2017
Evaluating the safety and nutritional quality of a novel insect based food product in Benin
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL
May 2017 - April 2019
Unearthing The Role of Animals in African Soil Ecology
ROYAL SOCIETY (CHARITABLE)
January 2016 - March 2022
A global-scale analysis of functional traits in the face of global change
AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH COUNCIL (AUSTRALIA)
January 2011 - January 2017
Exploring the Reassembly of Savanna Ant Communities Following Experiment Suppression
BRITISH ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY (UK)
December 2013 - December 2014
Biodiversity and Land-Use Impacts on Tropical Ecosystem Function (Bali)
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL
October 2013 - December 2018