Lab move
/The lab has relocated from Australian Technology Park to an exciting state-of-the-art space on the University of Sydney's main campus.
New PhD student
/We would like to welcome Amelie to the lab. Happy Sciencing!
New lab members!
/We welcome Chris, Arisa, Perrin, Zoe, Lisa and Langland to the lab. Happy sciencing!
Exciting new research funding!
/I am super excited to be part of a multi-institution project aimed at developing methods for conserving and increasing pollination services on farms. The press release from RIRDC can be found here.
Interview with AIM magazine
/What can organsations learn from social insects? Click here to find out!
New(ish) paper!
/Resilience in social insect infrastructure systems. Check it out!
Pollination Plan 'B'
/Check out this great coverage of the Australian Pollination Think Tank meeting: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-30/a-network-of-knowledge-to-promote-the-future-of-pollination/7457304
Young Tall Poppy Award 2015
/I am honoured and excited to receive a NSW Tall Poppy award. Looking forward to a year of research and science communication!
Raising the Bar
/I had a great time giving a talk to a pub full of science enthusiasts.
Chris Reid joins the lab!
/This is a bit belated, but a warm welcome to Dr Chris Reid who joined the lab a few months ago. Chris is a long-time collaborator and will be working on a variety of projects related to insect and slime mould supply chains. Check out his webpage:https://sites.google.com/site/chrisreidbiologist/home
New Lab Member
/I am very excited to have Dr Eliza Middleton join the lab. Eliza has just completed her PhD from Australian National University where she studied navigation and vision in ants. Eliza will be studying resilience in ants and bees. Welcome Eliza!
Society in Science Symposium, Zurich
/I am very excited to be presenting at the Society in Science Symposium in Zurich, Switzerland. I am looking forward to meeting other fellowship recipients. Should be a great time!
Talk at NICTA
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I had a great time visiting NICTA (National ICT Australia) in Canberra last week. NICTA is Australia's largest information technology research organization. They are dedicated to doing cutting edge, high impact research on a range of ICT problems. I met some brilliant people and established exciting new collaborations. You can have a look at my talk here.
Presentation at 'Agriculture on the urban fringe' workshop
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I will be giving a talk on native pollinators at the 'urban fringe' workshop hosted by the NSW department of primary industries and the Ag institute.
Native bee funding from the City of Sydney
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I just found out that I have been awarded funding to start a project investigating native bee pollination in community and rooftop gardens. This would be an ideal project for a masters or PhD student, so if you know of anyone looking for a supervisor, let me know.
Branco Weiss Fellowship
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Exciting news!!! I have been awarded a Branco Weiss fellowship. This research funding will allow us to embark on a really exciting research direction focused on creating bio-inspired solutions for protecting critical infrastructure systems. Stay tuned for more details!
Australian Research Council Funding
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My collaborators Mike Bell, Michiel Bliemer, Simon Garnier and I have been awarded an ARC Discovery grant entitled: 'Risky Business: Using biological systems to mitigate risk in supply chains and transportation networks.' We will be exploring ways of applying bio-inspired algorithms to designing better, more resilliant suplpy chains. I am very, very excited about this new research direction and I am really looking forward to working with my collaborators!
Enquring Minds TV Program!
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This is the website for the new TVS program 'Enquiring Minds'. I'm the 'Insect Expert':) I had such a great time filming it! Check out my episode.