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My PhD project in a nut shell

July 2, 2019 By Tom Leave a Comment

I started my PhD in October 2017 at the University of Auckland.

My supervisor is Associate Professor Greg Holwell. Greg is interested in evolution—particularly sexual selection—and uses arthropods to work on some of the biggest questions in this area. My co-supervisor is Dr Gonzalo Avila, leader of the biocontrol team at Plant & Food Research, Auckland. Gonzalo is interested in evaluating parasitoids for their uses in classical biocontrol programmes.

This post is a brief overview of the rationale and methods of my project.

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My first teaching resource & recent media

May 1, 2019 By Tom Leave a Comment

I’m very excited to share my first teaching resource: An article on insect antennae hosted by the Science Learning Hub. I’ve added the link to a new Outreach page on my site.

Pete McGregor, CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0

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Zapping Severed Antennae for Science

April 18, 2018 By Tom Leave a Comment

Last week I travelled to Lincoln to meet with Dr Kye Chung Park. The reason for my visit was to learn some interesting electrophysiology techniques from Dr Park. He was clearly passionate about the work he does, as well as an excellent teacher. I thank him for his patience and generosity during my stay. I’m also grateful to Lee-Anne Manning for showing me around and answering questions during my stay.

Dr Kye Chung Park welcomed me into his lab and taught me the basics of electrophysiology.

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