by Thomas | Jul 4, 2019
I first became fascinated by the potential behavioural adaptations of the cave spiders in the genus Meta (family Tetragnathidae) back in 2016, which spurred an interest for subterranean biology in general and lead to a student project on Meta menardi in Creswell Crags...
by Thomas | Nov 7, 2018
Through a long-standing collaboration with Prof Abida Butt from the University of the Punjab in Pakistan, I have had the opportunity to be involved in an interesting project on the accumulation of heavy metals in an agro-ecosystem in the berseem plant (a clover used...
by Thomas | Jul 21, 2018
Together with a student, we have a new paper out in the Journal of Arachnology (impressively, it is the second paper arising from Nick Tew’s undergraduate research project – Nick is now a PhD student at Bristol University). The paper looks at the factors...
by Thomas | Apr 18, 2017
I am a co-author on a new paper on the diversity of tropical butterflies in an urban habitat (the mega city of Dhaka in Bangladesh). The paper published in Oriental Insects is based on a meticulous study based on daily surveys of butterflies on the campus of the...
by Thomas | Apr 9, 2017
I have been offered an extension to my temporary cover position at the Oxford University for Continuing Education. I will now job share with Dr Jocelyne Hughes as course director for the Postgraduate Certificate in Ecological Survey Techniques for the next 2 years in...
by Thomas | Jan 30, 2017
I have recently been appointed associate lecturer at the International Centre at Oxford Brookes University, where I will teach the module ‘Foundations of Genetics and Ecology’, which is part of the International Foundation Diploma.
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