I am an entomologist with a solid research background in biomechanics, acoustics, sensory and comparative biology. I study ultrasound-sensitive ears and ultrasound generators in insects, and their evolution. I use a combination of innovative methods such as Laser Doppler Vibrometry, micro-CT x-ray tomography, 3D computer-generated images, and computer modelling.

Department Responsibilities

Administration: REF 2021: Coordinator of Unit of Assessment 6, Agriculture, Veterinary and Food Science. University of Lincoln contact for the Uruguay PhD studentships. Teaching: Module leader of Invertebrate Zoology (BSc Zoology). BIO2042M: Invertebrate Zoology Supervising BGY3003M: Undergraduate research projects. Mentoring BGY1001M, BGY2004M: Research methods (Tutorials) I also supervise postgraduate (2 MSc, 2 PhD) research students, and three Postdoctoral researchers.

Subject Specialisms

I am a Professor of Sensory Biology with the School of Life Sciences. My fields of interest are Sensory biology, biomechanics of sound production and hearing in insects

Qualifications

• PGCE - University of Lincoln 2016
• PhD - University of Toronto 2005
• BM-Sc - Universidad del Valle 1997

Awards

• The Leverhulme Trust - £370,000.00 (Co-I, U Stirling) 2019
• NSFDEB-NERC - £300,000 2019
• ERC Consolidator Grant - £1,800,000.00 2018
• The Leverhulme Trust - £250,000.00 2014
• National Geographic-Research and Exploration Grant - £9,000.00 2013
• The Royal Society Research Grant Award - £15,000.00 2013
• Darwin Initiative; Scoping grant. - £3,000.00 2009
• HFSP Research Fellowship - £140,000.00 2008
• National Geographic-Research and Exploration Grant - £16,157.00 2006

Consultancy

(i) Peer Reviewer for Scientific Journals Nature; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA; eLife; Ecology Letters; Journal of the Royal Society Interface; Biophysical Journal; PlosOne; Journal of Bionic Engineering; Journal of Experimental Biology; Journal of Evolutionary Biology; Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology; Naturwissenschaften (The Science of Nature); Journal of Comparative Physiology; BMC Evolutionary Biology; Bioacoustics; Animal Behaviour; Current Zoology; Biological Journal of the Linnean Society; Journal of Insect Physiology; Systematic Entomology; Behavioural Ecology; Journal of Insect Science; Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society; Journal of Orthoptera Research; Journal of Tropical Ecology; Turkish Journal of Zoology; Environmental Entomology; Zoological Studies; Entomologica Fennica; Entomological News; Caldasia; Revista Colombiana de Entomología; Cespedecia; Boletín del Museo de Entomologia, Univalle; ZooKeys; Current Zoology. (ii) Editorial commitments Editorial Advisory Board Journal of Experimental Biology Subject Editor open access peer-reviewed journal ZooKeys (iii) Peer Reviewer for National and International Agencies Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) The Royal Society National Geographic The Leverhulme Trust