Research interests

My work centers around themes of plant diversification, biome shifts, and speciation. Currently I’m working on comparing the evolution of diocey from hermaphroditism via gynodioecy to a transition via monoecy. I’ve also been examining the ecological consequences of whole genome duplication using a suite of New Zealand genera with multiple ploidy levels. Prior to that I was exploring the macroevolutionary consequences of masting using the global MASTREE+ database of reproductive time series. Currently I mainly use modelling for my research, although I am also a keen field botanist and have experience with sampling in the field, common garden experiments, manipulative experiments, and labwork which I integrate as required.

I also have ongoing work examining trait evolution in New Zealand lineages and I continue to publish work on how biome shifts influence diversification of lineages (e.g. this paper and this paper).