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Professional Activities

Conference Roles

  • Invited talk: The Fogg lecture. Body size, shape, and the pace of life, by Invitation (Queen Mary University of London, 2014)
  • Invited talk: Shape-shifting resolves contradictions in metabolic scaling, by Invitation (Society for Experimental Biology, Valencia, Spain, 2013)
  • Invited talk: Temperature and the Speed of Life-sustaining Processes., by Invitation (European Science Foundation, Sitges, Spain, 2012)
  • Invited keynote talk: A Fresh Look at the Temperature-Size Rule, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (European Science Foundation Programme -Thermal Adaptation of Ectotherms, Tartu, Estonia, 2011)
  • Invited talk: A New Approach to Predicting Biological Rates, by Invitation (University of Plymouth, 2011)
  • Invited keynote talk: A Metabolic Approach to Climate Impacts on Aquatic Ecosystems, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (German national research council - Aquashift programme, 2010)
  • Invited Symposium Talk 'Ecology of Metabolic Scaling', by Invitation (British Ecological Society, 2009)
  • Invited keynote talk: Integrated Thermal Adaptation Across Levels of Body Organization, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (European Science Foundation Programme, Thermal Adaptation, 2007)
  • Invited talk: Thermal Adaptation, by Invitation (Indiana State University, USA, 2007)
  • Invited talk on The Temperature-Size Rule in Ectotherms, by Invitation (Queens University, Belfast, 2006)
  • Invited talk on Biological Laws and Rules Involving Body Size and Temperature, by Invitation (The University of Plymouth, 2005)
  • Invited Symposium Talk on Life Histories and Body Size, by Invitation (British Ecological Society, 2005)
  • Invited Symposium Talk on Climate Impacts on Freshwaters, by Invitation (British Ecological Society, Freshwater Biological Association, Marine Biological Association, 2004)

Editorships

  • Journal of Thermal Biology (Editorial Board Member, 2007 - present)

Professional Body Memberships

  • British Ecological Society (Member, 1980 - 2024)

Other Administrative or Committee Roles

  • Deputy Research Theme Lead, Adaptation to Environmental Change
  • Deputy Director of the Honours School of Biological Sciences.
  • Module organiser: Conservation Biology (LIFE326), Ecology and the Global Environment (LIFE120)