Professor William Hughes
Professor of Evolutionary Biology
william.hughes@sussex.ac.uk
Eira Watts-Moore PhD student
Ollie Visick PhD student (Wild Honeybees in Britain)
Alumni include:
Dr George Balchin PhD student (2017-2021; Timing is everything: Investigating multiscale temporal trends in the presence of marine predators and the implications for top-down control; now Conservastion and Research Manager, Sussex IFCA)
Dr Valentina Scarponi PhD student (2015-2019; Shark Personality within the Predator-Prey Context; now Lecturer, University of Sussex)
Dr Joanne Carnell PhD student (2015-2019; Flowers for Health: the Importance of Flower Diversity and Composition for Maintaining the Health and Disease Resistance of Bumblebee Pollinators; now Lecturer, Bath Spa University)
Dr Rosaline Hulse PhD student (2015-2019; Pollinator Protection: the Role of Nutrition on Individual and Colony-Level Health and Immunity, and Pathogen Susceptibility; now Senior Research Analyst, Wood Mackenzie)
Dr Julia Jones Postdoctoral Research Fellow (EC-Marie Curie 2015-2017, SoDoLS - Sociality and Division of Labour: Microbial, Behavioural and Epigenetic Interactions; now Assistant Professor, University of Dublin)
Dr Tobias Pamminger Postdoctoral Research Fellow (EC-Marie Curie 2015-2017, GENELAB – The Genetic Basis of Division of Labour: Testing the “Reproductive Groundplan Hypothesis” in Ants; now Research Toxicologist, Bayer)
Dr Georgia Jones (née French) PhD student (2014-2018; Individual and Sexual Variation in the Trophic Ecology of the White Shark; now Senior Lecturer, Bournemouth University)
Dr Marlene Stürup Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Carlsberg Foundation 2014-2016, Predator personalities: the physiological and genetic basis of personalities and behavioural syndromes in a large apex predator)
Dr Dave Treanor PhD student (2013-2017; Symbions in Societies; now R&D Team Lead, Oxitec)
Dr Victoria Topham (née Norman) PhD student (2012-2017; Caste and Task Allocation in Ants; now Global Category Manager, Syngenta)
Dr Chris Tranter PhD student (2011-2015; now Veterinary Surgeon)
Dr Jasmine Parkinson PhD student (2011-2015; now Policy Advisor DEFRA)
Dr Adam Smith (postdoc 2009-2010; now Associate Professor at George Washington University)
Dr Sophie Evison (postdoc 2008-2010 and 2011-2012; now Assistant Profesor at University of Nottingham)
Dr Kat Roberts (PhD student 2008-2012; went on to postdoc University of Exeter)
Dr Crystal Frost (PhD student 2007-2011; went on to postdoc University of Liverpool)
Dr Pete Graystock (undergrad project student, PhD student and postdoc 2008-2014; now Lecturer at Imperial College)
Dr Kirsten Foley (PhD student 2009-2013; went on to postdoc University of Copenhagen)
Dr Rowena Mitchell (PhD student 2009-2013; now clinical geneticist, Leeds NHS Trust)
Dr Claire Asher (PhD student 2009-2013; now freelance science communicator)
Dr Judith Slaa (postdoc 2009-2011; now Data Analyst Naturalis Biodiversity Centre)
Dr Lorenzo Santorelli (postdoc 2008-2010; now Senior Lecturer at University of Surrey)
Dr Toby Fountain (undergrad project student 2008-2009; now postdoc University of Helsinki)
Dr Citlalli Morelos-Juarez (masters project student 2009; now Researcher Fundación Reserva Tesoro Escondido)
Dr Jacob Holland (undergrad project student 2008-2009; now Researcher University of Edinburgh)
Dr Carly Lynsdale (masters project student 2010; now Senior Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Helsinki)
Dr Sophie Evison (postdoc 2008-2010 and 2011-2012; now Assistant Profesor at University of Nottingham)
Dr Kat Roberts (PhD student 2008-2012; went on to postdoc University of Exeter)
Dr Crystal Frost (PhD student 2007-2011; went on to postdoc University of Liverpool)
Dr Pete Graystock (undergrad project student, PhD student and postdoc 2008-2014; now Lecturer at Imperial College)
Dr Kirsten Foley (PhD student 2009-2013; went on to postdoc University of Copenhagen)
Dr Rowena Mitchell (PhD student 2009-2013; now clinical geneticist, Leeds NHS Trust)
Dr Claire Asher (PhD student 2009-2013; now freelance science communicator)
Dr Judith Slaa (postdoc 2009-2011; now Data Analyst Naturalis Biodiversity Centre)
Dr Lorenzo Santorelli (postdoc 2008-2010; now Senior Lecturer at University of Surrey)
Dr Toby Fountain (undergrad project student 2008-2009; now postdoc University of Helsinki)
Dr Citlalli Morelos-Juarez (masters project student 2009; now Researcher Fundación Reserva Tesoro Escondido)
Dr Jacob Holland (undergrad project student 2008-2009; now Researcher University of Edinburgh)
Dr Carly Lynsdale (masters project student 2010; now Senior Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Helsinki)
Dr Hannah Griffiths (masters project student 2009, now Research Fellow University of Bristol)
Dr Tom Walker (undergrad and masters project student 2007, 2009; now Science Strategist, Cecil)
Clarence Schmitt (masters project student 2011-2012, now Researcher INRAE Clermont-Ferrand)
Joe Turner (MPhil student 2013-2014, now PhD student, University of Liverpool)