• Senior Lecturer, School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia (Jan 2013 - present)
• Senior Lecturer, School of Biological Sciences, Bangor University (Aug 2011 - Dec 2012)
• Lecturer, School of Biological Sciences, Bangor University (Sept 2010 - Aug 2011)
• RC-UK Research Fellow in Fisheries Genetics and Conservation, Bangor University, Bangor (Sept 2005 -Sept 2010)
• Group leader/Teaching Fellow, University of East Anglia (March 2004 - Sept 2005)
• Postdoctoral researcher, University of East Anglia (Oct 2000 – March 2004)
• Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Antwerp, Belgium (based at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels) (March 2000 - Oct 2000)
• Postdoctoral research assistant, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium (March 1999 – March 2000)
• University of Aberdeen / Southampton - PhD research student investigating speciation mechanisms, sexual selection and taxonomy in African cichlid fishes (1993 - 1996)
• University of Leeds, BSc (hons) Animal and Plant Biology – 2i (1990-1993)

My main research interests concern the evolution, ecology and conservation of marine and freshwater fishes. My research has a particular emphasis on using molecular methods to elucidate ecological and evolutionary processes including classical tools such as microsatellite markers and Sanger sequencing, coupled with next-generation sequencing. My evolutionary interests include polyploidy, speciation and mimicry particularly in Neotropical Corydoras catfishes. My more applied interests include fisheries induced evolution using the guppy as a model system, population structure and traceability of marine and freshwater fishes using SNP markers, predator/prey relationships using DNA based methods and conservation genetics of UK freshwater fishes.

Lab website: http://www.uea.ac.uk/~b141/index.html

• The origins and implications of polyploidy in Corydoras catfishes
• Traceability of marine fish and fish products
• Population and conservation genetics of freshwater and marine fishes.
• Experimental study of fisheries induced evolution using the guppy as a model system.

PhD Positions

Click here for current PhD opportunities in Biological Sciences. But feel free to email me to discuss projects outside these areas and alternative sources of funding.

Postdocs & Fellows

I am always happy to discuss possibilities for postdoctoral work and collaborations. Possible funding routes include EU Marie Curie fellowships, Brazilian Science without borders opportunities etc.