Research
Current
projects in the lab:
The functional genomics of
locust migratory behaviour
Continental-scale population genetics of the Australian
Plague locust, Chortoicetes terminfera
Behavioral phase change (polyphenism) in the Australian
Plague locust
Autonomous aerial systems for insect tracking
Locust population dynamics models - remote sensing,
demographic and neural-network approaches
Multiplex bead arrays as a DNA diagnostic tool for
plant-herbivore interactions
Nuclear-mitochoindrial pseudogenes and DNA barcoding
Some
background information can be found at the links
below.
Plant-herbivore interactions
Phenotypic plasticity and warning
coloration
Locust ecology and evolution
Mormon cricket ecology and evolution
Other
ongoing and planned projects:
- Molecular phylogenetics of the locust genus
Schistocerca
- Mormon cricket behavior and migration patterns
- Developmental, geographic and genetic patterns of
host plant use
- Whatever else tickles our fancy
