Teaching
- 2021 – 2022: Mathematical Biology 1 (full undergraduate course)
- 2020 – 2021: Mathematics of Evolution (graduate reading course)
- 2019 – 2021: Modelling the Dynamics of Life 2 (full undergraduate course)
- 2018 – 2019: Methods for Phylogenetic Inference (graduate reading course)
- 2011 – 2014: Ecology & Evolution of Infectious Diseases (undergraduate tutorials/seminars)
- 2009 – 2010: Analysis, Algebra, Differential equations (undergraduate tutorials/seminars)
Supervision
Please contact Ben if you are interested in joining the group as an undergraduate or graduate student, postdoc, or visiting fellow.
Post-doctoral
Cameron Smith | 2021 – 2023
Funded by NSFDEB-NERC Standard Grant NE/V003909/1.
Doctoral
Lydia Buckingham | 2020 –
Host-pathogen dynamics in the evolution of ageing and immunity. Expected submission: March. 2024
Alistair Pirrie | 2019 –
The evolution of parasites and host reproductive strategies. Expected submission: Sept. 2023
Jason Wood | 2019 –
Antagonistic coevolution in multi-species interactions. Expected submission: Sept. 2023
Yvonne Krumbeck* | 2019 –
Randomness in biological populations. Expected submission: March 2022
Halimubieke Naerhulan* | 2019 – 2020
Mating system variation and disease prevalence in birds. Defended November 2020. Current post: Teaching Fellow, University of Bath
*co-supervised
Undergraduate / Master’s
Hettie Chapman – 2021
Evolution of sperm allocation manipulation by sexually transmitted infections (MMath).
Tom Griffiths | 2020
Community effects on host-parasite coevolution (MMath).
Tim Coulter | 2020
Ecology and evolution of restriction-modification systems in bacteria (MMath).
