Scientific Research
Education
- PhD, Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia (Expected graduation May 2017)
Supervisor: Leticia Avilés - MSc Animal Behaviour [Distinction] Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
- BSc Physics, Imperial College, University of London, UK
Publications
- Sharpe, Ruth V. & Aviles, L (2016), Prey size and scramble vs. contest competition in a social spider: implications for population dynamics, Journal of Animal Ecology
- Fernandez‐Fournier, Straus, Sharpe & Avilés (2018), Behavioural modification of a social spider by a parasitoid wasp, Journal of Ecological Entomology
Talks
- Guest Lecturer - ‘Let’s Talk Science and the importance of science outreach’, Science Outreach and Communication course, McMaster University - September 2016
- Guest Lecturer - ‘Teaching science using hands-on methods’ – Graduate Education Course, UBC - August 2015
- Public Workshop - How to tell good science from bad science, Vancouver Trade School, Vancouver, - May 2014
- Intraspecific competition, group size and dispersal in a social spider, Anelosimus eximius, ZGSA Symposium, UBC, April 2016
- Prey size, scramble vs. contest competition and colony-level population dynamics in a social spider, International Society for Behavioral Ecology, New York, August 2014
- Prey size, intraspecific competition and colony-level population dynamics in a social spider, ZGSA Symposium, UBC, April 2014
- Chaotic Population Dynamics: What causes population extinction in social spiders? , UBC/SFU/UVIC Ecology and Evolution Retreat, Brackendale, BC, November 2010