Thermal & Evolutionary Ecology
How temperature shapes insect life from gene expression to parental behaviour
I am a thermal and evolutionary ecologist. I study how temperature shapes the lives of insects, from gene expression through to how they reproduce and raise their young, and what that means as the climate grows warmer and less predictable.
I am not wedded to a single organism. My work runs from molecular and transcriptomic experiments in fruit flies to behavioural and life-history experiments in burying beetles, and I am happiest working across systems, where the interesting answers usually appear.
Service & engagement with the discipline
Peer review & editorial
Reviewer for Proceedings of the Royal Society B, BMC Zoology, Journal of Thermal Biology, and Behavioral Ecology. Panel member and reviewer for the School of Biology's REF 2029 outputs, University of St Andrews.
Professional roles
Early-career representative on the leadership team of the European Thermal Fertility Network (2026–). Student research assistant identifying terrestrial arthropods for a country-wide biodiversity project, Aarhus University (2021–2023).
Supervision & mentoring
Supervised BSc student Nicholas Parlamis (2025–2026) and MSc intern Claire Judas (Rennes University, 2025). Tutor and mentor for incoming students at the School of Biology, Aarhus University (2019–2022).
Learned societies
Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour, Royal Entomological Society, Society for Experimental Biology, British Ecological Society, European Thermal Fertility Network, and the Thermal Ecology Alliance.
