Principal Investigator
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Daniel Pincheira-Donoso
Senior Lecturer in Evolutionary Biology Daniel's interests touch a variety of questions in evolutionary biology and macroecology, with a primary focus on species adaptations driven by selection and their extinctions under rapidly changing environments. His work spans both theory and empirical tests of theory, and employs both field and lab approaches. Daniel's primary model systems include the South American lizard genus Liolaemus, and more recently, global amphibians. E-mail: DPincheiraDonoso@lincoln.ac.uk Personal Website |
Postgraduate Students
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Manuel Jara
PhD Student in Evolution & Ecology (2013-2017) Manuel is interested in macroecology and in computational spatial ecology. He combines these interests to investigate the factors that drive, maintain and predict the geographic distributions of species, both through space and time. Manuel's PhD aims to address a number of macroecological questions relating to the spatial ecology of biodiversity distributions and extinctions driven by human-induced climate change. His primary model systems are lizards of the genus Liolaemus, and amphibians. Manuel is fully funded by a University of Lincoln PhD Life Sciences Scholarship. E-mail: jara.a.manuel@gmail.com Personal Website |
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Ratheesh Kallivalappil
PhD Evolution & Ecology (2017-2020) He is an ecologist interested in the global-scale patterns of pollinator species biodiversity, and in the drivers underlying these patterns. His PhD aims to generate a large dataset encompassing all species of pollinators across the animal Tree of Life. This remarkable resource is being used to gain an understanding of the distribution of pollinator species, and to develop quantitative predictions about the effects that both historical and modern changes in the climate exert on these patterns of biodiversity. Ratheesh is fully funded by a PhD scholarship awarded by the Government of India. E-mail: rKallivalappil@lincoln.ac.uk |
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Clare Barnard
PhD Student in Life Sciences (2017-2021) Clare’s research interests focus on wildlife species traded in the global exotic pet market and the relationship between these commercial activities and the conservation statuses of wild animal populations. Wildlife trafficking and its effect on conservation are of particular interest as are invasive species. Clare has almost 20 years experience in working with exotic species. Alongside her PhD research, she also runs and exotic animal rescue service. E-mail (temporary): enquiries@gracesrest.co.uk Personal Website |
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Mark Edwards
PhD Evolution & Ecology (2014-2017) Mark's research interests centre on the interface between the human management of habitat and population ecology. He is particularly interested in the effects of management for conservation and farming and the impact that these have on biodiversity over space and time. His PhD (in collaboration with CEH Lancaster) is looking at the effects of habitat homogeneity on biodiversity at different temporal and spatial scales. Mark is co-supervised by Dr Libby John, and is funded by a University of Lincoln Life Sciences Scholarship. Email: maedwards@lincoln.ac.uk |
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Alba Frías de Diego
MSc Student in Life Sciences (2016-2017) Alba’s interests are focused on genetics and its applications in different fields related both to evolutionary biology, biomedicine and the expression of variation in social behaviours. Her MSc research is investigating the genetics basis of same-sex sexual behaviours across the animal Tree of Life. This research is centrally focused on the preparation of a review addressing the question whether ‘homosexual’ behaviours are genetic, plastic or driven by both factors, and she is also using transcriptome analyses to identify potential genes involved in the expression of these sexual behaviours. E-mail: AFriasdediego@lincoln.ac.uk |
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Alexandra Carlin
MSc Student in Biosciences (2016-2017) Alex is an ecologist with a passion for both sexual behaviours and primates. Her MSc research is using a global dataset of primate species to identify factors related with the expression of multiple forms of same-sex sexual behaviours, with a particular focus on the role that predictors of social complexity, such as 'intelligence' or group size, play in the evolution of these sexual preferences. |
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Patrick Delamere
MSc Student in Biosciences (2016-2017) Patrick's Masters research is investigating the factors driving fluctuations in population densities of the South American mammal 'Guanaco' (Lama guanicoe) in the Atacama Desert. The central focus of his research is testing the hypothesis that these large mammals have declined as a result of the introduction of domestic dogs to the Llanos de Challe National Park (his field site). |
Research Associates
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Dr Roberto García-Roa
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Valencia, Spain Roberto is interested in evolution and macroecology, broadly speaking. He has a central interest in chemical ecology, field in which he is investigating the role that chemical scents play in maintaining and influencing social, sexual and ecological interactions in lizard model systems. His research combines a number of field and lab-based chemical approaches to explore, for example, how the chemical components of lizard pheromones are influenced by environmental factors and by phylogenetic history. His current research at Valencia is using lab experiments to investigate the evolution of behaviour using Drosophila as a model system. He is also a senior collaborator on our research in global amphibian macroecology. Email: roberto.garcia.roa@gmail.com Personal Website |
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Lilly P. Harvey
MSc by Research in Evolutionary Biology (2015) Lilly is interested in evolutionary biology and ecology broadly speaking. For her MSc, she investigated the role of sexual selection in driving the expression of variation in mating preferences in humans. She is currently a main Research Associate working on our global amphibian macroecology project. Email: lharvey@lincoln.ac.uk |
Alumni
Iker Vaquero-Alba, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Lincoln, UK (2015-2017)
Roberto García-Roa, Visiting PhD Evolution & Ecology, Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Madrid, Spain (2017)
Ashley Reaney, MSc Biosciences, University of Lincoln, UK (2016)
Laura Deacon, MSc Evolution & Ecology, University of Lincoln, UK (2015)
Lilly P. Harvey, MSc Evolution & Ecology, University of Lincoln, UK (2015)
Rachel Hickcox, MSc Evolution & Ecology, University of Lincoln, UK (2015)
Tatjana Hoehfurtner, MSc Evolution & Ecology, University of Lincoln, UK (2015)
Sophie Potter, MSc Evolutionary Biology, University of Exeter, UK (2009)
Adam Brett, BSc Biology, University of Lincoln, UK (2015)
Alesha Dahir, BSc Biology, University of Lincoln, UK (2015)
Daniel Messer, BSc Biology, University of Lincoln, UK (2015)
Topaz Reid, BSc Biology, University of Lincoln, UK (2015)
Kimberley Unkin, BSc Biology, University of Lincoln, UK (2015)
Katherine Beadle, BSc Biology, University of Lincoln, UK (2014)
Laura Mack, BSc Bioveterinary Sciences, University of Lincoln UK (2014)
Sophie Wild, BSc Bioveterinary Sciences, University of Lincoln UK (2014)
Valerie Jones, BSc Animal Behaviour Sciences, University of Lincoln, UK (2013)
Rhianna Larner, BSc Animal Behaviour Sciences, University of Lincoln, UK (2013)
Roberto García-Roa, Visiting PhD Evolution & Ecology, Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Madrid, Spain (2017)
Ashley Reaney, MSc Biosciences, University of Lincoln, UK (2016)
Laura Deacon, MSc Evolution & Ecology, University of Lincoln, UK (2015)
Lilly P. Harvey, MSc Evolution & Ecology, University of Lincoln, UK (2015)
Rachel Hickcox, MSc Evolution & Ecology, University of Lincoln, UK (2015)
Tatjana Hoehfurtner, MSc Evolution & Ecology, University of Lincoln, UK (2015)
Sophie Potter, MSc Evolutionary Biology, University of Exeter, UK (2009)
Adam Brett, BSc Biology, University of Lincoln, UK (2015)
Alesha Dahir, BSc Biology, University of Lincoln, UK (2015)
Daniel Messer, BSc Biology, University of Lincoln, UK (2015)
Topaz Reid, BSc Biology, University of Lincoln, UK (2015)
Kimberley Unkin, BSc Biology, University of Lincoln, UK (2015)
Katherine Beadle, BSc Biology, University of Lincoln, UK (2014)
Laura Mack, BSc Bioveterinary Sciences, University of Lincoln UK (2014)
Sophie Wild, BSc Bioveterinary Sciences, University of Lincoln UK (2014)
Valerie Jones, BSc Animal Behaviour Sciences, University of Lincoln, UK (2013)
Rhianna Larner, BSc Animal Behaviour Sciences, University of Lincoln, UK (2013)
