I am a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Entomology Group at the Waite Research Insitute. My research focuses on understanding how environmental conditions shape insect behaviour, physiology, and ecology, with particular interests in native pollinator ecology, native bee behaviour, and invertebrate adaptations to climate.
I completed my PhD at Flinders University, where I investigated the evolution of social behaviour in native bees. Following this, I spent two years in Tokyo, Japan, as a JSPS Postdoctoral Research Fellow, researching how different ecological traits in native bees influence their reselience to climate change.
I am currently working on the GRDC-funded project Minimising the Economic Impact of Earwigs, Millipedes and Slaters in Australian Grain Crops. My broader research integrates field, laboratory, and modelling approaches to understand how invertebrates respond to environmental change and to understand how environmental conditions influence pest activity in agricultural environments. I am open to supervising students on various entomology related projects.