An MSc opportunity is available in my lab at St Francis Xavier University. I'd be delighted to support interested students in preparing an application for NSERC MSc funding. 

My lab studies insect behaviour and evolution. We generally focus on mating and reproductive behaviour and how evolutionary conflict between males and females leads to interesting phenotypes. Another theme is how insect reproduction and behaviour respond to temperature extremes.

I aim to recruit a student to study mating interactions in diving beetles. The project aims to explore how male and female mating traits diverge across populations and how population divergence relates to environmental variation. Research training will include field work, insect identification and biology, behavioural assays, morphometrics, and statistical modelling.

I welcome students interested in proposing other research topics to get in touch. Join us (1 PhD student, 3 MSc students, 1 undergraduate project student and a research technician) on Canada’s beautiful east coast!