People

Principal Investigator

Darren J. Parker

Interesting stuff.

Research staff

Susana Freitas

Parthenogenesis in Darevskia and Timema.

Current students

Owen Davies

MSc student. Orthoptera distrubution and conservation.

Ian Green

MRes student. Drosophila cold tolerance.

Willow Legg

MRes student. Phenotypic plasticity in sun beetles (Pachnoda marginata).

Jay Tearle

MRes student. Population genetics of cold tolerance.

Current BSc project students

Christian Delve – Cold tolerance and diet.
Joseph Jenkins – The effects of light on insect biodiversity.
Christo Manjaly – Oviposition preference in Tribolium
Lily-Mai Russell – Genetic basic of cold tolerance
Indigo Scott – The effects of management on insect biodiversity.
Tyler Sutton Mellon – The effects of plant defences on insect biodiversity.

Past MSc and PhD students

Jelisaveta Djordjevic

PhD student. Timema sexual differentiation.

 

Milica Krmar

MSc Student. Finding genes under sexual conflict in Timema.

 

Tapio Envall

MSc Student. Cold acclimation and RNA-seq.

 

Riikka Tapanainen

MSc Student. Alternative splicing and cold tolerance.

 

Mikko Merisalo  

MSc Student. Diapause and RNA-seq.

Past Erasmus students

Julia Zaborowska

Erasmus Student. Pholidoptera sperm competition.

 

Manuella Siaka Monthe

Erasmus Student. Sex chromosomes.

Past BSc project students

2024
Charlie Forth – Cold tolerance and diet
Mekhi Kellyman – Species competition
Thomas Rock – Insect biodiversity in urban environments

2015
Jonti Siva-Jothy – Cold acclimation and RNAi.