I’m incredibly honoured to have been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant to work on ant nest architecture over the next 5 year!🐜🏛️ Huge thanks to my collaborators, students, mentors, and colleagues for their support along the way! #ERC #EUfunding #ResearchExcellence #Science

We had two papers out in Science and Scientific Reports in the past week - I couldn't be happier! Science paper on architectural immunity: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Scientific Reports paper on the synergistic interaction between new-generation pesticide and disease: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Fully-funded PhD position on optimal network design in ant nests and slime mould, which will be split between the University of Bristol (UK) and Macquarie University (Australia) - application deadline: Friday 21st March. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Looking for candidates for four competition-funded PhD (start Sep 2025). 1: Synergies between nest architecture and division of labour findaphd.com/phds/project... 2: Architectural immunity in ants www.findaphd.com/phds/project...