People
Current members / Alumni
Yuqing Lin
Honours student
Yuqing recently obtained her Master of Biotechnology degree from The University of Melbourne in 2022. Her honours project centers around studying honeybee flower preferences. Her interest lies in exploring the cognitive abilities of bees through their foraging lifestyles and the critical decisions they make based on cues like color, scent, and shape.
Emma Webster
Honours student
Emma completed her Bachelor of Science at Monash in 2022. Her honours research focuses on the behavioural responses of native bees to environmental change. Emma’s research interests are centered around the impacts of disturbance on ecosystems and how they evolve with climate change.
Jack Williams
Honours student
Jack is currently finishing his Bachelor of Science at Monash (2023). His honours research focuses on native bee foraging, flower preferences and pollination. Jack’s research interests are behavioural ecology and ecosystem adaptations to a changing environment.
Sesa Singha Roy
PHD student
Sesa is currently pursuing her PhD, focusing on studying insect interactions with their environment by utilizing online images. With a background in computer science, she aims to incorporate concepts from computer vision and machine learning to analyze these images. Sesa finds great interest in discussing how computer science and insect ecology can be combined to enhance our understanding of insect behaviour and their ecological relationships.