Academic address
School of Biological and Marine Sciences
The University of Plymouth
Plymouth, PL4 8AA Devon, UK
Education
Ph.D. Biology – Carleton University, Canada (2010)
M.Sc. Zoology – University of Guelph, Canada (2006)
B.Sc. (Hons.) Marine & Freshwater Biology – University of Guelph, Canada (2003)
Professional Development & Training
Fellow of The Higher Education Academy (2019) UK Professional Standards Framework
Certificate in University Teaching (2014) Educational Development Centre, Carleton University
Academic Employment
Lecturer in Behavioural Ecology (2018- ) School of Biological and Marine Sciences, University of Plymouth, UK
Postdoctoral Researcher (2016 -2017) School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2015-2016) Center for Integrative Ecology, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia
Postdoctoral Researcher (2013 – 2015) Fish Ecology and Conservation Physiology Laboratory, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2011-2013) Fish biology and Ecology, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany
IGB Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2010-2011) Fish biology and Ecology, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin, Germany
Teaching
Lecturer, University of Plymouth (2018-)
Current:
Previous:
Instructor/Lecturer, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada (2014-2015)
Guest Lecturer (2015-2017): Animal Behaviour (Deakin University & University of Sydney)
Conference Presentations
2017 Behaviour 2017. Estoril, Portugal
2015 Behaviour 2015. Cairns, Queensland, Australia
2015 The Canadian Conference for Fisheries Research. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
2014 15th International Behavioral Ecology Congress. New York, USA
2013 Canadian Society for Zoologists Annual Meeting, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
2012 14th International Behavioral Ecology Congress. Lund, Sweden
2012 6th European Conference on Behavioural Biology. Essen, Germany
2011 Behaviour 2011 (Joint meeting of the Animal Behavior Society & the International Ethological Conference). Bloomington, Indiana, USA
2011 The Fisheries Society of the British Isles Annual International Conference. Bournemouth, England
2009 Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
2008 4th European Conference on Behavioural Biology. Dijon, France
Scientific Service
Associate Editor – Behaviour (2016 -)
Editorial Staff : Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (2005)
External Referee for Scholarly Journals
Animal Behaviour; Behaviour; Behavioural Processes; Behavioural Ecology; Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology; Current Zoology; Environmental Biology of Fishes; Ethology; Functional Ecology; Journal of Animal Ecology; Journal of Evolutionary Biology; Journal of Insect Behavior; Oecologia; Oikos; PLOS ONE; Proceedings of the Royal Society B; Scientific Reports; Transactions of the American Fisheries Society; Trends in Ecology & Evolution; The Quarterly Review of Biology