Summary
My interests are divided between the orthopteroid insects (in particular the stick insects and cockroaches) and Biodiversity Informatics. I currently work on the eMonocot and ViBRANT projects at the Natural History Museum, London. In addition I am editor of Cockroach Studies and Invertebrate Rearing.
Appointments
Education
Publications
A complete list of my publications is available on my publications page.
Funding
Training received
Journal Editorships
- Phasmid Studies (Editor)
- Biodiversity Data Journal (Subject Editor: Blattodea; Orthoptera; Phasmida; Mantodea; Dermaptera)
Journal Reviews
Conferences
Conferences that I have helped run and/or organise:
- ViBRANT Citizen Science Workshop
Dorothea Bate Room,Natural History Museum, London, UK
24-25th January 2013
- Anchoring Biodiversity Information: From Sherborn to the 21st century and beyond
Flett Theatre, Natural History Museum, London, UK
28th October 2011
- Scripting Life: The Science behind ViBRANT
Grande Galerie de l'Evolution, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, France
20th - 21st Janaury 2011
Photos
- What’s in a name? Attenborough & Fortey on animals
Ondaatje Theatre, Royal Geographical Society, London
16th December 2010
Event Video
- e-Biosphere '09
Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London, UK
1st - 5th June 2009
Photos
Conferences I have attended:
- What is the Future for Biological Surveys? Are Specialists for Key Taxa at Risk of Becoming Extinct? Linnean Society, London. 7th February 2017.
- Citizen Cyberscience Summit 201420th-22nd February 2014
- Entomology 2013 Austin, TX10th-13th November 2013
- Entomological Collections Networks 2013 Austin, TX
9th-10th November 2013
- Biodiversity Informatics Horizons
3rd-6th September 2013
- Tropical biodiversity in the 21st century symposium
3rd-4th June 2013
- ORCIS-Dryad Meeting 2013
22-24th May 2013
- GLAM-WIKI 2013
12-13th April 2013
- SpotOn London 2012
Wellcome Collection, London, UK
11-12th November 2012
- Biodiversity Technologies: Biodiversity Institute Symposium/>27-28th September 2012
- 4D4Life Final Meeting
University of Reading, Reading, UK
26-30th March 2012
- Science Online London 2011
British Library, London, UK
2nd-3rd September 2011
Photos
- Science Online London 2010
British Library, London, UK
3rd-4th September 2010
- International Bryozoology Association Conference 2010
University of Kiel, Germany
August 2010
Photos
- Science Online London 2009
Royal Institution, London, UK
August 2009
Blog Post
- Natural Selection and Beyond: The Intellectual Legacy of Alfred Russel Wallace
Linnean Society, London, UK
22nd November 2008
Photos