We are a diverse group of researchers united by a fascination with social insects — mostly wasps, but ants and bees too.

Current group

• Seirian Sumner Principal Investigator · Professor of Behavioural Ecology
• Alex Cerqueira de Araujo Senior Bioinformatician
• Benjamin Taylor Human Frontiers Science Program Research Fellow
• Caroline Chandler PhD Student, Wasps in UK Farming Systems
• Christopher Wyatt Eco-Flow Project Lead
• Cintia Akemi Oi Postdoctoral Researcher (NERC) / Scientific Associate (NHM)
• Femi E Benny PhD Student, Ecology & Behaviour of Asian Giant Hornets
• Fernando Duarte Frutos Bioinformatician, Eco-Flow
• Idris Adams PhD Student, Diet & Life History Evolution in Aculeate Wasps
• Iona Cunningham-Eurich PhD Student, Parasitoid Wasp Diversity & Ecology

Left the nest

• Adam Devenish PhD Student, Invasive Ants & Ecosystem Services
• Alessandro Cini Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Marie Skłodowska-Curie)
• Daisy Taylor Post-doctoral Research Assistant
• Emeline Favreau Post-doctoral Bioinformatics Researcher
• Emily Bell PhD Student, Caste Plasticity in Eusocial Insects
• Lewis Revely PhD Student, Phenotypic Plasticity in Social Insects (now Dr Revely)
• Owen Corbett PhD Student, Mechanisms of Conflict Resolution
• Patrick Kennedy PhD Student, Social Evolution (now Dr Kennedy)
• Robin Southon PhD Student, Adaptive Value of Males in Eusocial Insects
• Romuald Tcheutchoua PhD Student, Wasps as Biocontrol Agents
• Ryan Brock Master's by Research Student, Comparative Genomics
• Sam Duckerin PhD Student, Pesticide Effects on Bumblebee Social Networks (now Dr Duckerin)
• Sam Morris Master's by Research, Transcriptome Analysis of Dinoponera quadriceps
• Sandra Moreno PhD Student, Behavioural Genomics of Malaysian Hover Wasps