Research Team

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Mario Vallejo-Marin

Mario is an Associate Professor at the University of Stirling, Scotland. He has been studying buzz pollination over the last few years and is interested in plant evolution and how flowers evolve in response to pollinators. Mario is leading this expedition and hopes to travel to Australia next year. Twitter: @nicrodemo

Manu Saunders

Dr Manu Saunders is a Lecturer in Ecology at the University of New England, Armidale. Her research focuses on insect communities and ecosystem function, particularly the important role that insects play in connecting humans and nature. Twitter: @ManuSaunders

David Field

David is a Lecturer at Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia. His research focuses on the ecology and evolution of plants. A major emphasis of his research includes how plant-pollinator interactions drive floral adaptations, determines plant reproductive success and contribute to plant speciation.

Mark Hall

Doctor Mark Hall is a landscape and community ecologist with the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment at Western Sydney University. His work involves examining the behaviour and pollination efficiency of bees in glasshouse food production and on farmland. He is also interested in pollinator diversity, buzz pollination, bee health and the impacts of climate change and habitat alteration on bee populations.

Michael Whitehead

Michael is a researcher based in Eastern Australia, examining how pollinators influence plant pollen flow in different ways. His research is broadly aimed at understanding plant gene flow to understand the evolution and ecology of flowering plant diversity and aid in the management of threatened species and revegetated communities.