"We carry home
as prizes, funny bugs of handy sizes, just to give the day a scientific
tone."
....Charles Edward Carryl (1841-1920)
NEWS
June 2009
Tom Chapman has returned to Canada after a successfull trip collecting thrips and after filling up on Aussie lamb, Aussie kangaroo and Aussie culture. His collaborators, Monica and Olle, have returned to Sweden.
Website : Publications page updated for June 2009
(see Publications)
CAREER
I completed my doctoral work at Monash University (Melbourne, Australia) in 1987. A succession of post-doctoral fellowships followed at LaTrobe University
(Melbourne, Australia). My Flinders University lectureship began in
1993, initially teaching in animal behaviour.
I coordinate
an active programme of research with people at the Evolutionary Biology
Unit within the South Australian Museum where the DNA-based component
of our phylogenetic projects is hosted. Through collaborative research
projects, I have developed and maintain ties with researchers from Simon Fraser
University (Canada), Lausanne University (Switzerland), University of Pretoria
(South Africa), University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa) and the CSIRO
Division of Entomology (Canberra).
CURRENT RESEARCH
My research group conducts projects focussed on several inter-related
topics involving social insects. Our insect subjects of choice are native bees
and thrips. Research involves the use of molecular data and field
ecology techniques. We have facilities and equipment to operate in both field
and laboratory environments.
RESEARCH THEMES
evolution of social behaviour
behavioural ecology
phylogenetics
MAIN PROJECTS
intrinsic and extrinsic factors
underlying social evolution in bees
social behaviour, sex
allocation and molecular phylogenetics of thrips
assessing reproductive skew
theories using allodapine
bees
social evolution and
phylogenetics of African and Australian allodapine bees
CURRENT TEACHING
Besides supervising post graduate students within my laboratory (see People), my teaching duties at Flinders University during 2008 include the following undergraduate topics.
BIOL1112 : Biology and Society (2 lect.)
BIOL1601 : Evolution of Biological Diversity
BIOL2121 : Genetics, Evolution and Biodiversity
BIOL3003 : Projects In Biology
BIOL3004 : Projects In Biology
BIOL3005 : Projects In Biology
BIOL3380 : Animal Behaviour
SERC1012 : Introduction to Research
TOPIC CO-ORDINATOR
In 2008 I am the co-ordinator for the following topics.
Tom Chapman has returned to Canada after a successfull trip collecting thrips and after filling up on Aussie lamb, Aussie kangaroo and Aussie culture. His collaborators, Monica and Olle, have returned to Sweden.
