The 2019 CEEC
Rebellion is almost upon us! UEA’s Centre for Ecology, Evolution &
Conservation are holding a fun and informative two-day meeting to present some
of the research carried out by its members. This year’s Rebellion is taking
place on 21st-22nd March, and will include talks from current PhD
and post-doctoral researchers, as well as plenary talks from internal and
external faculty members.
The Rebellion this
year is being brought to you by the committee members below - If you have any questions,
comments or suggestions about the event, feel free to contact us in person, by
email, or tweet us @CEECRebellion
Watch this space
for more information about themes, tickets and the programme for the event.
Chris
Butler (BIO)
c.butler@uea.ac.uk
Chris is a first year PhD
student interested in the genetic processes that shape speciation. Chris is
currently investigating the contribution that transposable elements may have
had in the adaptive radiation of the Corydoras catfish.
Harry Ewing (BIO)
h.ewing@uea.ac.uk
Harry is an ornithologist focused on researching the applied ecology and
conservation of breeding waders. He is currently a first year PhD student,
researching the causes of curlew declines in the UK and how to best to conserve
important lowland populations.
Kirsty Franklin (BIO)
kirsty.franklin@uea.ac.uk
Kirsty is a first
year PhD student interested in movement ecology and conservation. Her PhD is
using a combination of spatial, genetic, demographic, and environmental data in
order to investigate the drivers of ocean movement patterns in Round Island
petrels.
j.gauld@uea.ac.uk
Jethro is a conservation
ecology PhD Student interested in environmental change, movement ecology and
alleviating anthropogenic pressures. Jethro’s project uses new GPS tracking
technology to help target mitigation of renewable energy and power line
installations to reduce the risk of collision and electrocution for birds. For
more information please see his UEA profile: https://people.uea.ac.uk/en/persons/j-gauld.
Elie Kent (BIO)
e.kent@uea.ac.uk
Elie is another first year PhD
student, looking at how genomic tools can be used to study plant-pollinator
interactions, specifically bees and berries. By using next generation
sequencing, she hopes to find out more about bee foraging be(e)haviour in
agricultural landscapes than current methodologies allow.
Jenny Livesey (BIO)
j.livesey@uea.ac.uk
Jenny is an entomologist who
is currently in the first year of her PhD. Her research looks into the
occurrence and resolution of social conflict within colonies of bumble bees.
Jenny’s research combines both observational and genetic data to determine the
roles dominance and policing play in maintaining social stability.
Enya O’Reilly (BIO)
e.oreilly@uea.ac.uk
Enya is a first year PhD student
whose research looks into Pan-European biodiversity indicators specifically
bird species and pollinators across varied habitats. The aim of her project is
to generate improved methods of choosing indicator species based on species’
habitat reliance, niche space and functional role. This approach will aim to
accurately reflect ever-changing community biodiversity under continued
anthropogenic pressures.
Kris Sales (BIO)
k.sales@uea.ac.uk
Kris is an evolutionary ecologist primarily interested in how selection, like
climate change, shapes reproduction, behaviour and lifespan. In his PhD project
“Putting the heat on insect reproduction” he used controlled experiments on
laboratory populations of flour beetles. He explored how and why heatwaves
impact reproduction, and if there were consequences for long term adaptation or
transgenerational effects. He currently working in a project looking at the
transgenerational costs of lifespan extension in nematodes. He can be found at https://matthewgagelab.com/people/krissales and @KrisSales1992.
Professor Jenny Gill (BIO)
