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Emma Barrett

 

                                                                                                                                 

 

                  

 

 

Current Position:

 

2009 - 2012              NERC Postdoctoral Research Associate, Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation, School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia                              

 

Education :

 

2005 – 2009                Ph.D, Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter, Cornwall Campus, Penryn, Cornwall. TR10 9EZ. United Kingdom. (Viva 21st April 2009)

2001 – 2005                B. Sc. (Hons) Zoology with Professional Experience, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester. M13 9PL, United Kingdom. (2:1)

 

Work Experience:

 

2003 –2004                 UROP Researcher, Centre for Population Biology, Imperial                                                   College London, Silwood Park, Berkshire. UK

2009                            Research Administrator, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of                                              Leeds, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS2 9LU.  United Kingdom.

 

Publications:

 

Barrett, E. L. B., J. Hunt, A. J. Moore & P. J. Moore (In Press) “Can cockroaches compensate for a poor start in life?  The separate and combined affects of nutrition during juvenile development and sexual maturation on life-history trajectories” Proceedings of the Royal Society London B

 

Barrett, E. L. B, A. J. Moore & P. J. Moore (In Press) A potential function for age-induced oocyte apoptosis in Nauphoeta cinerea” Physiological Entomology

 

Barrett, E. L. B, A. J. Moore & P. J. Moore (In Press) “Does the scent of a potential mate prevent ovarian apoptosis in Nauphoeta cinerea (Oliver)?” Insect Science

 

Barrett, E. L. B., A. J. Moore & P. J. Moore  (2009) “Diet and social conditions during sexual maturation have unpredictable influences on female life history trade-offs” Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22, 571-581 (doi: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01671.x)

 

Barrett, E. L. B., R. F.  Preziosi, A. J. Moore & P. J. Moore (2008) “Effects of mating delay and nutritional signals on resource recycling in a cyclically breeding cockroach”. Journal of Insect Physiology 54, 25-31 (doi:10.1016/j.jinsphys.2007.07.008)

In Prep:

Barrett, E. L. B., C. Breuker, J. Hunt & P. J. Moore. “Separate and combined affects of nutrition during juvenile development and sexual maturation on male sexual traits and mating success: separating condition and quality.” To be submitted to Proceedings of the Royal Society London B (June 2009)

 

Indicators of Esteem:

 

Awards:       2008 - Society for the Study of Evolution International Travel Award

                           2007 - Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour Travel Grant

                           2006 - Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour Travel Grant

                           2005 - nerc Studentship Bursary

                           2003 - nerc urop Bursary

                           2001 - Lord Feofees Scholarship

 

Professional Service:

 

2008 – Reviewer for Journal of Evolutionary Biology

2009 – Reviewer for European Journal of Entomology

2009 – Reviewer for BBSRC (Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, UK)

 

Conference Presentations:

 

Talks                 June 2008 – Evolution Meeting, Minneapolis, USA

                           May 2008 - Engagement of Females in Academic Careers, Tampere, Finland

                           September 2007 - London Evolutionary Research Network, London, UK

                           October 2006 - Exeter-Plymouth Synergy, Plymouth, UK

 

Posters             August 2007 - European Society for Evolutionary Biology, Uppsala, Sweden

                           April 2007 -Association for Animal Behaviour, Penryn, UK

                           July 2006 - International Society for Behavioural Ecology, Tours, France

                           March 2006 - Association for Animal Behaviour, Nottingham, UK

                           August 2005 - European Society for Evolutionary Biology, Krakow, Poland

 

Workshops and Courses:

 

2008 - Engagement of Females in Academic Careers, Tampere, Finland

2008 - ‘Speciation’ Reading Group

2007 - ‘An Introduction to Quantitative Genetics’ Reading Group

2007 - ‘Modelling for Field Biologists’ Reading Group

2004 - Use of Generalised Linear Models in R, Silwood Park, UK

 

Departmental Responsibilities:

 

2007- 2009      Evolutionary Reading Group Coordinator

2008- 2009      Ecology Reading Group Coordinator

2005 –2007     Biological Sciences Postgraduate Representative 

 

Teaching:

 

2007 - Genetics (Demonstrator)

2007 - Introduction to Evolution and Ecology (Demonstrator)

2006 - Cell Biology and Genetics (Demonstrator)