Dr Jerome Buhl
ARC Future Fellow - Senior Lecturer
School of Agriculture, Food and Wine
Faculty of Sciences
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.
Jerome Buhl is a Senior Lecturer in Plant Protection the School of Agriculture, Food and Wine at the University of Adelaide. He combines lab and field experiments with computational biology and field robotics to study insect collective behaviour and its application to agriculture and pest control.
Current research projects - Insect Collective Behaviour
Locust collective movement
To develop a better understanding of locust collective movement, we are combining lab and field experiments (which involve innovative techniques such as tracking individuals with a UAV) with computer simulations, which allow us to simulate up to millions of locusts using CUDA (parrallel computation on graphic cards). Ultimately, our goal is to build a model that will provide control operations with a better knowledge of band movement and trajectories so that improved methods such as barrier spraying can be optimized.
Collective nutrition in social insects
Nutrition is at the centre of most collective behaviour phenomena. In social insects such as ants and termites, foraging is handled by a sub-group of workers who not only have to fulfil their own nutritional requirements but also provide the rest of the colony with the nutrients they require. How does the information pertaining to the nutritional state of the colony flows and how do workers adapt their foraging strategies in order to achieve efficient communal nutrition? We will tackle these questions using a combination of lab experiments, tracking nutrients with fluorescent dies and individuals with miniature barcodes, and computer simulations implementing the behaviour and nutritional processes as well as their evolution.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2014 Senior Lecturer University of Adelaide 2012 - 2016 ARC Future Fellow University of Sydney 2006 - 2012 Postdoctoral fellow University of Sydney 2005 - 2006 Postdoctoral fellow University of Oxford -
Awards and Achievements
Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount 2012 Fellowship ARC Future Fellowship Australian Research Council Australia $652,148 -
Language Competencies
Language Competency English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review French Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2000 - 2004 Paul Sabatier University France PhD 1999 - 2000 Paul Sabatier University France Master of Research, Biology 1996 - 1999 Louis Pasteur University France Licence+Maitrise of Biology -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2018 Poissonnier, L., Lihoreau, M., Gomez-Moracho, T., Dussutour, A., & Buhl, J. (2018). A theoretical exploration of dietary collective medication in social insects. Journal of Insect Physiology, 106(1), 78-87.
Scopus2 WoS1 Europe PMC12018 Lihoreau, M., Gómez-Moracho, T., Pasquaretta, C., Costa, J., & Buhl, J. (2018). Social nutrition: an emerging field in insect science. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 28, 73-80.
Scopus1 WoS12018 Poissonnier, L., Arganda, S., Simpson, S., Dussutour, A., & Buhl, J. (2018). Nutrition in extreme food specialists: an illustration using termites. Functional Ecology, 32(11), 2531-2541.
2017 Cullen, D., Cease, A., Latchininsky, A., Ayali, A., Berry, K., Buhl, J., . . . Rogers, S. (2017). From Molecules to Management: Mechanisms and Consequences of Locust Phase Polyphenism. INSECT EPIGENETICS, 53, 167-285.
Scopus14 WoS142017 Lihoreau, M., Charleston, M., Senior, A., Clissold, F., Raubenheimer, D., Simpson, S., & Buhl, J. (2017). Collective foraging in spatially complex nutritional environments. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Science, 372(1727), 20160238-1-20160238-11.
Scopus13 WoS7 Europe PMC52016 Lihoreau, M., Clarke, I., Buhl, J., Sumpter, D., & Simpson, S. (2016). 1ollective selection of food patches in Drosophila. Journal of Experimental Biology, 219(5), 668-675.
Scopus19 WoS19 Europe PMC132016 Senior, A., Lihoreau, M., Buhl, J., Raubenheimer, D., & Simpson, S. (2016). Social network analysis and nutritional behavior: an integrated modeling approach. Frontiers in Psychology, 7(JAN), 18-1-18-10.
Scopus11 WoS5 Europe PMC42016 Dussutour, A., Poissonnier, L., Buhl, J., & Simpson, S. (2016). Resistance to nutritional stress in ants: When being fat is advantageous. Journal of Experimental Biology, 219(6), 824-833.
Scopus13 WoS12 Europe PMC72016 Hu, F., Escudero, C., Buhl, J., & Simpson, S. (2016). Application of quorum response and information entropy to animal collective motion modeling. Complexity, 21(S1), 584-592.
2016 Senior, A., Lihoreau, M., Charleston, M., Buhl, J., Raubenheimer, D., & Simpson, S. (2016). Adaptive collective foraging in groups with conflicting nutritional needs. Royal Society Open Science, 3(4), 150638-1-150638-15.
Scopus6 WoS6 Europe PMC42016 Buhl, J., & Rogers, S. (2016). Mechanisms underpinning aggregation and collective movement by insect groups. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 15, 125-130.
Scopus3 WoS3 Europe PMC12015 Herbert-Read, J., Buhl, J., Hu, F., Ward, A., & Sumpter, D. (2015). Initiation and spread of escape waves within animal groups. Royal Society Open Science, 2(4), 1403550-1-140355-11.
Scopus37 WoS29 Europe PMC222015 Romey, W. L., Smith, A. L., & Buhl, J. (2015). Flash expansion and the repulsive herd. Animal Behaviour, 110, 171-178.
Scopus4 WoS22015 Dyson, L., Yates, C., Buhl, J., & McKane, A. (2015). Onset of collective motion in locusts is captured by a minimal model. Physical Review E, 92(5), 052708-1-052708-7.
Scopus8 WoS7 Europe PMC32015 Lihoreau, M., Buhl, J., Charleston, M., Sword, G., Raubenheimer, D., & Simpson, S. (2015). Nutritional ecology beyond the individual: a conceptual framework for integrating nutrition and social interactions. Ecology Letters, 18(3), 273-286.
Scopus40 WoS37 Europe PMC212015 Senior, A., Charleston, M., Lihoreau, M., Buhl, J., Raubenheimer, D., & Simpson, S. (2015). Evolving nutritional strategies in the presence of competition: a geometric agent-based model. PLoS Computational Biology, 11(3), e1004111-1-e1004111-24.
Scopus20 WoS17 Europe PMC92014 Gautrais, J., Buhl, J., Valverde, S., Kuntz, P., & Theraulaz, G. (2014). The role of colony size on tunnel branching morphogenesis in ant nests. PLoS One, 9(10), e109436-1-e109436-11.
Scopus6 WoS6 Europe PMC42014 Lihoreau, M., Buhl, J., Charleston, M., Sword, G., Raubenheimer, D., & Simpson, S. (2014). Modelling nutrition across organizational levels: from individuals to superorganisms. Journal of Insect Physiology, 69(C), 2-11.
Scopus23 WoS25 Europe PMC122012 Cummings, D., Buhl, J., Lee, R., Simpson, S., & Holmes, S. (2012). Estimating niche width using stable isotopes in the face of habitat variability: a modelling case study in the marine environment. PLoS One, 7(8), e40539-1-e40539-14.
Scopus17 WoS17 Europe PMC62012 Buhl, J., Sword, G., & Simpson, S. (2012). Using field data to test locust migratory band collective movement models. Interface Focus, 2(6), 757-763.
Scopus19 WoS15 Europe PMC82011 Buhl, J., Sword, G., Clissold, F., & Simpson, S. (2011). Group structure in locust migratory bands. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 65(2), 265-273.
Scopus30 WoS262011 Hansen, M., Buhl, J., Bazazi, S., Simpson, S., & Sword, G. (2011). Cannibalism in the lifeboat - collective movement in Australian plague locusts. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 65(9), 1715-1720.
Scopus30 WoS262010 Escudero, C., Yates, C., Buhl, J., Couzin, I., Erban, R., Kevrekidis, I., & Maini, P. (2010). Ergodic directional switching in mobile insect groups. Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, 82(1), 6 pages.
Scopus11 WoS10 Europe PMC22009 Yates, C., Erban, R., Escudero, C., Couzin, I., Buhl, J., Kevrekidis, I., . . . Sumpter, D. (2009). Inherent noise can facilitate coherence in collective swarm motion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 106(14), 5464-5469.
Scopus161 WoS151 Europe PMC442009 Buhl, J., Hicks, K., Miller, E., Persey, S., Alinvi, O., & Sumpter, D. (2009). Shape and efficiency of wood ant foraging networks. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 63(3), 451-460.
Scopus47 WoS452008 Bazazi, S., Buhl, J., Hale, J., Anstey, M., Sword, G., Simpson, S., & Couzin, I. (2008). Collective motion and cannibalism in locust migratory bands. Current Biology, 18(10), 735-739.
Scopus147 WoS134 Europe PMC602008 Sumpter, D., Buhl, J., Biro, D., & Couzin, I. (2008). Information transfer in moving animal groups. Theory in Biosciences, 127(2), 177-186.
Scopus89 WoS85 Europe PMC322006 Buhl, J., Gautrais, J., Reeves, N., Solé, R., Valverde, S., Kuntz, P., & Theraulaz, G. (2006). Topological patterns in street networks of self-organized urban settlements. European Physical Journal B, 49(4), 513-522.
Scopus135 WoS1192006 Buhl, J., Sumpter, D., Couzin, I., Hale, J., Despland, E., Miller, E., & Simpson, S. (2006). From disorder to order in marching locusts. Science, 312(5778), 1402-1406.
Scopus573 WoS529 Europe PMC2232006 Buhl, J., Gautrais, J., Louis Deneubourg, J., Kuntz, P., & Theraulaz, G. (2006). The growth and form of tunnelling networks in ants. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 243(3), 287-298.
Scopus35 WoS29 Europe PMC172005 Buhl, J., Deneubourg, J., Grimal, A., & Theraulaz, G. (2005). Self-organized digging activity in ant colonies. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 58(1), 9-17.
Scopus47 WoS432004 Buhl, J., Gautrais, J., Deneubourg, J., & Theraulaz, G. (2004). Nest excavation in ants: Group size effects on the size and structure of tunneling networks. Naturwissenschaften, 91(12), 602-606.
Scopus46 WoS39 Europe PMC162004 Buhl, J., Gautrais, J., Solé, R., Kuntz, P., Valverde, S., Deneubourg, J., & Theraulaz, G. (2004). Efficiency and robustness in ant networks of galleries. European Physical Journal B, 42(1), 123-129.
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Conference Papers
Year Citation 2002 Buhl, J., Deneubourg, J., & Theraulaz, G. (2002). Self-organized networks of galleries in the ant Messor sancta. In Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) Vol. 2463 (pp. 163-175).
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ARC Discovery Projects |
DP130101670 2013-2016 |
A/Prof Ashley Ward ; A/Prof Mary Myerscough ; Prof Dr Jens Krause ; Dr Jerome Buhl |
Leadership matters: the emergence of informed leaders and their influence on group movement |
$360,000 |
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ARC Future Fellowship |
FT110100082 2012-2016 |
Dr Jerome Buhl |
From individuals to mass organisation: aggregation, synchronisation and collective movement in locusts |
$652,148 |
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ARC Linkage Projects |
LP150100479 2015-2018 |
Prof Stephen Simpson ; Prof Edward Holmes ; Dr Jerome Buhl ; Prof Kenneth Wilson ; Dr James Woodman |
Making Green Guard® greener: enhancing the efficacy of a biopesticide |
$385,000 |
- Foundations in Animal Behaviour II: course coordinator and lecturer
- Plant Health III & A: course coordinator and lecturer
- Microbiology and Invertebrate Biology II: lecturer
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Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2015 - 2018 Principal Supervisor Nutritional Ecology in Social Insects Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Laure-Anne Poissonnier
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