Research students
Teun de Jong
University of Bristol PhD Scholarship for Collaboration with the University of Cape Town
Teun is a second-year PhD student exploring social evolution in the Belonogaster wasps of Africa
Ayla Webb
Bristol-Macquarie Cotutelle
PhD Scholarship
Ayla is a second-year PhD student exploring social evolution in the Ropalidia wasps of Australia
Dylan Thatcher
Masters by Research
Dylan is a research masters student developing theoretical models of social evolution
Romuald Tcheutchoua
Commonwealth PhD Scholarship
Final year PhD student
Romuald is a former field assistant (working with Patrick in Cameroon) who is now a Commonwealth Scholar at University College London in the lab of Professor Seirian Sumner, and cosupervised by Patrick. He studies the potential uses of wasps in food security.
Teun on fieldwork prior to his PhD in Panama
(PI: Patrick Kennedy, patrick.kennedy [AT] bristol.ac.uk)
Romuald in action in the field in Cameroon
Ayla on fieldwork (not with a wasp)
Abby Bryce
Bristol-Macquarie Cotutelle
PhD Scholarship
Abby is a first-year PhD student exploring the social evolution of dispersal using theory and fieldwork with Australian cooperatively breeding birds
Ellie Trelfa Stewart
NERC DLTP PhD Scholarship
Ellie is a first-year PhD student exploring dominance in African wasps
Keletso Malebye
University of Pretoria, South Africa
Keletso has recently completed her degree at the University of Pretoria, and has been working in the field with PhD student Teun de Jong to study the wonderful wasps of South Africa
Intern students and field teams
Keletso greeting one of our study participants in South Africa
Olivia Brown
Macquarie University, Australia
Olivia is a Masters student at Macquarie University (Sydney), recently working in the field with PhD student Ayla Webb to explore wasp behaviour on the New South Wales coast
Fieldwork in South Africa