I am a research fellow at the Australian National University in Canberra. I focus on understanding the evolutionary forces that shape genomes and ecosystems. Most evolutionary processes (such as mutation, selection, substitution and gene duplication) leave traces in the genomes of living organisms. I develop methods to detect and disentangle these traces, and then use them to test evolutionary hypotheses. Often, it boils down to trying to undertand why some things evolve faster than others.I often work with Lindell Bromham and others at the Centre for Macroevolution and Macroecology, as well as John Welch (Cambridge), Rob Ray (Sussex), and Simon Ho (Sydney). Before coming to Australia I worked mostly as a developmental biologist. Including a short postdoc with Max Telford, working on the Wingless pathway in the shrimp Parhyale hawaiensis, and a PhD on the evolution of segmentation at the University of Sussex (UK).
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