Academic Appointments

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (August 2022 - Present)

Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Dübendorf, Zürich, Switzerland

Department of Aquatic Ecology

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Christoph Vorburger

Project title: Exploring the vertical transmission fidelity of facultative endosymbiont bacteria Hamiltonella defensa in the black bean aphid (Aphis fabae) under variable climatic conditions

Postdoctoral Research Fellow (October 2018 - July 2022)

Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Kastanienbaum, Lucerne, Switzerland

Department of Fish Ecology and Evolution

Advisors: Dr. Blake Matthews, Prof. Dr. Ole Seehausen, and Prof. Dr. Piet Spaak

Project title: Ecology and diversity of stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) in Lake Constance

Academic Qualifications

Ph.D., Evolutionary Biology (July 2013 - May 2017)

University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Rick Shine and Dr. Greg Brown

Thesis title: Phenotypic evolution in the invasive cane toad (Rhinella marina): adaptations for dispersal

M.Sc., Integrative Biology (September 2010 - August 2012)

University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Jinzhong Fu

Thesis title: Male combat, paternal care, and the evolution of male biased sexual size dimorphism in the Emei moustache toad (Leptobrachium boringii)

B.Sc. Hons. SSP, Biology (September 2006 - April 2010)

Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Stephen Lougheed and Dr. Kathryn Stewart

Thesis title: Male mating tactics and hybridization between secondary contact populations of a temperate tree frog species: The spring peeper (Pseudacris crucifer)