Senior Lecturer in Terrestrial Ecology
College of Science and Engineering
I am an evolutionary biologist fascinated by behavioural ecology and sexual selection, and my research has mostly focused on insects and arachnids. I also have a great interest on the evolution of alternative reproductive tactics, male dimorphism and the evolution of phenotypic plasticity. I am a senior lecturer at Flinders University, and also hold an research adjunct position at the Western Australian Museum.
2013 PhD in Evolutionary Biology; University of Western Australia
2008 MSc in Ecology; Campinas State University - Brazil
2005 Licentiate in Biological Sciences, Campinas State University - Brazil
2005 BSc in Biological Sciences, Campinas State University - Brazil
2023 Fellow of the Royal Society of South Australia
2023 Student Led Teaching Award (Flinders University)
2019 Vice Chancellor’s Learning and Teaching Award (Macquarie University)
2019 Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, awarded by Advance HE, UK
2015 Vice-Chancellor’s Early Career Investigator Award (University of Western Australia)
2015 Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (Australian Research Council)
2014 High Achieving Young Investigator (University of Western Australia)
I am an outreach officer at Invertebrates Australia, a registered charity dedicated to the conservation of invertebrates.