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
PhD student. Timema sexual differentiation.
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.