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 currently a lecturer at Flinders University, where I am starting a research group focused on behaviour, evolutionary ecology and conservation biology of terrestrial invertebrates of conservation concern, like mygalomorph spiders and burrowing scorpions.
Experience
2022–present
Lecturer in Terrestrial Ecology, Flinders University
2013–2023
Research Fellow in Evolutionary Biology, University of Western Australia
2018–2021
Lecturer, Macquarie University
2020–2021
Principal Biologist, Bennelongia Environmental Consultants
Education
2013
University of Western Australia, PhD in Evolutionary Biology
2008
Campinas State University, Master of Science in Ecology
2005
Campinas State University, Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences