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PREVIOUS UEA RESEARCH GROUP MEMBERS
Edd Almond
NERC-funded Senior Research Associate (2009-2013) -- Kin-selected conflicts and ageing in bumble bees
Pierre Blacher
Fyssen Foundation-funded Visiting Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2014-2016) - Effects of sociality and social environment on behaviour and ageing
Ryan Brock
NERC EnvEast DTP-funded PhD student (2017-2021) - Sociogenetics and behavioural ecology of the Tree Bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum)
David Collins
NERC-funded Senior Postdoctoral Research Associate (2017-2021) (= most recent position in group), jointly supervised with Tracey Chapman (UEA BIO) - Social evolution and the evolution of ageing: testing the hypotheses
Liam Crowther
NERC CASE PhD-funded student (2013-2017), jointly supervised with CASE partner Claire Carvell, CEH Wallingford - The Tree Bumblebee, Bombus hypnorum: understanding the ecological success of a naturally colonising pollinator
Jen Donelan
NERC-funded Research Technician (2017-2020), jointly supervised with Tracey Chapman (UEA BIO) - Social evolution and the evolution of ageing: testing the hypotheses
Christiana Faria
NERC-funded Research Technician (2009) - Conflict resolution and direct benefits in kin-selected conflicts in social groups
Henry Ferguson-Gow
NERC Open CASE-funded PhD student (2010-2014), jointly supervised with CASE partners Kate Jones (UCL/ZSL) and Seirian Sumner (University of Bristol) - Evolution and diversification of ants
Liliana Fischer
NERC ARIES DTP-funded PhD student (2021-2025), jointly supervised with Alexei Maklakov (UEA) and Tracey Chapman (UEA) - Sociality and ageing: longevity and reproductivity in a social insect
Lucy Friend
NERC-funded PhD student (2007-2011) - Testing kin selection theory in multiple-queen ants
Jacob Holland
NERC-funded PhD student (2009-2013) - Colony life history in the bumble bee Bombus terrestris: interactions, timing and control
Tim Huggins
NERC-funded Research Technician (2014-2017) - The genetic basis and ground plan of eusocial worker evolution
Marjorie Labédan
BBSRC-funded Research Technician (2015-2016) - Evolution and molecular basis of caste differentiation in bees
Jenny Livesey
NERC EnvEast DTP-funded PhD student (2018-2023) - Dominance and policing in social insects: testing the hypotheses in bumblebees
Sophie Miller
NERC-funded Research Technician (2007-2009) - Conflict resolution and direct benefits in kin-selected conflicts in social groups
David Prince
NERC-funded Senior Postdoctoral Research Associate (2017-2021) (= most recent position in group), jointly supervised with Tracey Chapman (UEA BIO) - Social evolution and the evolution of ageing: testing the hypotheses
Mike Smith
BBSRC Research Technician (2016-2017), jointly supervised with Tamas Dalmay (UEA BIO) - Evolution and molecular basis of caste differentiation in bees
Anders Wirén
BBSRC- and NERC-funded Senior Research Associate (2015-2017), jointly supervised with Tamas Dalmay (UEA BIO) - Evolution and molecular basis of caste differentiation in bees / The genetic basis and ground plan of eusocial worker evolution
Lorenzo Zanette
NERC-funded Postdoctoral Research Associate (2007-2009) - Conflict resolution and direct benefits in kin-selected conflicts in social groups