{"id":377,"date":"2020-07-06T16:00:48","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T16:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mechecolab.blogs.bristol.ac.uk\/?page_id=377"},"modified":"2024-03-26T12:49:19","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T12:49:19","slug":"cv","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mechanicalecology.exeter.ac.uk\/?page_id=377","title":{"rendered":"CV"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Dr Ulrike Bauer<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h4>Research Interests<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Biomechanics and ecology of plants and plant-insect interactions<\/li>\n<li>Function, development and evolution of biological materials and surfaces<\/li>\n<li>Trapping mechanisms of carnivorous plants<br \/>\n<hr \/>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"accordions-1143\" class=\"accordions-1143 accordions\" data-accordions={&quot;lazyLoad&quot;:true,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;1143&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;click&quot;,&quot;collapsible&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;heightStyle&quot;:&quot;content&quot;,&quot;animateStyle&quot;:&quot;swing&quot;,&quot;animateDelay&quot;:1000,&quot;navigation&quot;:true,&quot;active&quot;:999,&quot;expandedOther&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}>\n                <div id=\"accordions-lazy-1143\" class=\"accordions-lazy\" accordionsId=\"1143\">\n                    <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"items\"  style=\"display:none\" >\n        \n                <div post_id=\"1143\" itemcount=\"0\"  header_id=\"header-1711449417437\" id=\"header-1711449417437\" style=\"\" class=\"accordions-head head1711449417437 border-none\" toggle-text=\"\" main-text=\"Academic Career\">\n                                            <span id=\"accordion-icons-1711449417437\" class=\"accordion-icons\">\n                            <span class=\"accordion-icon-active accordion-plus\"><i class=\"fas fa-chevron-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n                            <span class=\"accordion-icon-inactive accordion-minus\"><i class=\"fas fa-chevron-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n                        <\/span>\n                        <span id=\"header-text-1711449417437\" class=\"accordions-head-title\">Academic Career<\/span>\n                                    <\/div>\n                <div class=\"accordion-content content1711449417437 \">\n                    <table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2023 - present<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Senior Research Fellow<\/strong>, Department of Biosciences, University of Exeter, UK<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2017 - 2023<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Royal Society University Research Fellow<\/strong>, School of Biological Science, University of Bristol, UK<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2014 - 2016<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Leverhulme Early Career Fellow<\/strong>, School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, UK<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2010 - 2013<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Henslow Research Fellow<\/strong>, Robinson College \/ Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, UK<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2006 - 2010<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>PhD<\/strong>, Trinity College \/ Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, UK<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2000 - 2006<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Diploma of Biology<\/strong>, University of W\u00fcrzburg \/ University of D\u00fcsseldorf, Germany, UK<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n                <\/div>\n        \n                <div post_id=\"1143\" itemcount=\"1\"  header_id=\"header-1711449843147\" id=\"header-1711449843147\" style=\"\" class=\"accordions-head head1711449843147 border-none\" toggle-text=\"\" main-text=\"Publications\">\n                                            <span id=\"accordion-icons-1711449843147\" class=\"accordion-icons\">\n                            <span class=\"accordion-icon-active accordion-plus\"><i class=\"fas fa-chevron-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n                            <span class=\"accordion-icon-inactive accordion-minus\"><i class=\"fas fa-chevron-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n                        <\/span>\n                        <span id=\"header-text-1711449843147\" class=\"accordions-head-title\">Publications<\/span>\n                                    <\/div>\n                <div class=\"accordion-content content1711449843147 \">\n                    <table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2024<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>G Chomicki, G Burin, L Busta, J Gozdzik, R Jetter, B Mortimer & <strong>U Bauer<\/strong>. Convergence in carnivorous pitcher plants reveals a mechanism for composite trait evolution. <em>Science<\/em> <strong>383<\/strong>: 108-113. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1126\/science.ade0529\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1126\/science.ade0529<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2022<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>A-K Lenz<\/strong> & <strong>U Bauer<\/strong>. Pitcher geometry facilitates extrinsically powered \u2018springboard trapping\u2019 in carnivorous <em>Nepenthes gracilis<\/em> pitcher plants. <em>Biology Letters<\/em> <strong>18<\/strong>: 20220106. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1098\/rsbl.2022.0106\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1098\/rsbl.2022.0106<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2022<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>U Bauer <\/strong>& S Poppinga. New insights and opportunities from taking a biomechanical perspective on plant ecology.\u00a0<em>Journal of Experimental Botany<\/em> <strong>73<\/strong>: 1063-1066. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/jxb\/erac007\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/jxb\/erac007<\/a><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2022<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>A-K Lenz<\/strong>,<strong> U Bauer <\/strong>& G<strong>D Ruxton. An ecological perspective on water shedding from leaves. <\/strong><em>Journal of Experimental Botany<\/em><strong> 73<\/strong>: 1176-1189. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/jxb\/erab479\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/jxb\/erab479<\/a>.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2021<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>U Bauer<\/strong>, UK M\u00fcller & S Poppinga. Complexity and diversity of motion amplification and control strategies in motile carnivorous plant traps. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society B<\/em> <strong>288<\/strong>: 20210771. <a href=\"http:\/\/doi.org\/10.1098\/rspb.2021.0771\">http:\/\/doi.org\/10.1098\/rspb.2021.0771<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2021<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>D Labonte, A Robinson, <strong>U Bauer <\/strong>& W Federle. Disentangling the role of surface topography and intrinsic wettability in the prey capture mechanism of <em>Nepenthes<\/em> pitcher plants. <em>Acta Biomaterialia<\/em> <strong>119<\/strong>: 225-233. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.actbio.2020.11.005\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.actbio.2020.11.005<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2020<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>C Thorogood & <strong>U Bauer<\/strong>. Shedding light on photosynthesis in carnivorous plants. A commentary on: '<em>Nepenthes<\/em> \u00d7<em> ventrata <\/em>photosynthesis under different nutrient applications. <em>Annals of Botany<\/em> <strong>126<\/strong>: iv-v. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/aob\/mcaa092\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/aob\/mcaa092<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2020<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>U Bauer<\/strong>, UK M\u00fcller & S Poppinga. Mechanical ecology \u2013 taking biomechanics to the field. <em>Integrative and Comparative Biology<\/em>: icaa018. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/icb\/icaa018\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/icb\/icaa018<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2020<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>I Karl & <strong>U Bauer<\/strong>. Inside the trap: biology and behaviour of the pitcher-dwelling crab spider, <em>Misumenops nepenthicola<\/em>. <em>Plants People Planet<\/em>: <strong>2020;2<\/strong>: 290-93. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/ppp3.10104\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/ppp3.10104<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2019<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>MR Golos, A-K Lenz, RO Moreno-Tolero, S. Davis & <strong>U Bauer<\/strong>. Pitcher plant plastination: preserving botanical specimens for education and display. <em>The Journal of Plastination<\/em> <strong>31<\/strong>: 15-21. <a href=\"http:\/\/journal.plastination.org\/archive\/jp_vol.31.2\/JP_vol.31.2_Dec19_pages15-21.pdf\">http:\/\/journal.plastination.org\/archive\/jp_vol.31.2\/JP_vol.31.2_Dec19_pages15-21.pdf<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2018<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>CJ Thorogood, <strong>U Bauer <\/strong>& SJ Hiscock. Convergent and divergent evolution in pitcher plant traps. <em>New Phytologist <\/em><strong>217<\/strong>: 1035-41<em>. <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/nph.14879\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/nph.14879<\/a><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2018<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>U Bauer<\/strong>, R Jetter & S Poppinga. <em>Non-motile traps. <\/em>In: AM Ellison & L Adamec (eds). <em>Carnivorous Plants \u2013 Physiology, Ecology and<\/em> <em>Evolution<\/em>, p. 194-206. Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9780198779841.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2018<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>S Poppinga, <strong>U Bauer<\/strong>, T Speck & AG Volkov. <em>Motile traps. <\/em>In: AM Ellison & L Adamec (eds). <em>Carnivorous Plants \u2013 Physiology, Ecology and<\/em> <em>Evolution<\/em>, p. 180-93. Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9780198779841.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2018<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>D Darnowski, <strong>U Bauer<\/strong>, M M\u00e9ndez, J Horner & BJ P\u0142achno. <em>Prey selection and specialization by carnivorous plants. <\/em>In: AM Ellison & L Adamec (eds). <em>Carnivorous Plants \u2013 Physiology, Ecology and Evolution, <\/em>p. 285-93. Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9780198779841.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2018<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>JD Horner, BJ P\u0142achno, <strong>U Bauer<\/strong> & B Di Giusto. <em>Attraction of prey. <\/em>In: AM Ellison & L Adamec (eds).<em>Carnivorous Plants \u2013 Physiology, Ecology and Evolution, <\/em>p. 155-66. Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9780198779841.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2016<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>U Bauer<\/strong>, K Rembold & TU Grafe. Carnivorous <em>Nepenthes<\/em> pitcher plants are a rich food source for a diverse vertebrate community. <em>Journal of Natural History<\/em> <strong>50<\/strong>, 483-95. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/00222933.2015.1059963\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/00222933.2015.1059963<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2015<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>U Bauer<\/strong>, M Paulin, D Robert & G Sutton. Mechanism for rapid passive-dynamic prey capture in a pitcher plant. <em>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences<\/em> <strong>112<\/strong>, 13384-89. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1073\/pnas.1510060112\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1073\/pnas.1510060112<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2015<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>C Collett, A Ardron, <strong>U Bauer<\/strong>, G Chapman, E Chaudan, B Hallmark, L Pratt, L Torres-Perez & DI Wilson. A portable extensional rheometer for measuring the viscoelasticity of pitcher plant and other sticky liquids in the field. <em>Plant Methods<\/em> <strong>11<\/strong>: 16. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s13007-015-0059-5\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s13007-015-0059-5<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2015<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>U Bauer<\/strong>, W Federle, H Seidel, TU Grafe & CC Ioannou. How to catch more prey with less effective traps: explaining the evolution of temporarily inactive traps in carnivorous pitcher plants. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society B <\/em><strong>282<\/strong>: 20142675<em>.<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1098\/rspb.2014.2675\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1098\/rspb.2014.2675<\/a><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2013<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>U Bauer, <\/strong>M Scharmann, J Skepper & W Federle. \u2018Insect aquaplaning\u2019 on a superhydrophilic hairy surface: how <em>Heliamphora<\/em> <em>nutans <\/em>Benth. pitcher plants capture prey. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society B <\/em><strong>280<\/strong>: 20122569. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1098\/rspb.2012.2569\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1098\/rspb.2012.2569<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2012<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>U Bauer, <\/strong>B Di Giusto, J Skepper, TU Grafe & W Federle. With a flick of the lid: a novel trapping mechanism in <em>Nepenthes gracilis<\/em> pitcher plants. <em>PLoS ONE<\/em> <strong>7<\/strong>: e38961. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0038951\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0038951<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2012<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>U Bauer, <\/strong>CJ Clemente, T Renner & W Federle. Form follows function: morphological diversification and alternative trapping strategies in carnivorous <em>Nepenthes <\/em>pitcher plants. <em>Journal of Evolutionary Biology<\/em> <strong>25<\/strong>: 90-102. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/j.1420-9101.2011.02406.x\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/j.1420-9101.2011.02406.x<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2011<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>U Bauer, <\/strong>TU Grafe & W Federle. Evidence for alternative trapping strategies in two forms of the pitcher plant, <em>Nepenthes rafflesiana<\/em>. <em>Journal of Experimental Botany <\/em><strong>62<\/strong>: 3683-92. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/jxb\/err082\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/jxb\/err082<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2010<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>U Bauer<\/strong>. <em>Mechanisms, ecology and evolution of prey capture by <\/em>Nepenthes<em> pitcher plants.<\/em> PhD thesis, University of Cambridge, UK.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2010<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>TU Grafe, S Goutte, HH Ahmadsah, O Konopik, M Scharmann & <strong>U Bauer<\/strong>. Updated checklist of the amphibians of the Ulu Temburong National Park and Brunei Darussalam. <em>Sciencia Bruneiana <\/em><strong>11<\/strong>: 53-59.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2009<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>U Bauer<\/strong>, C Willmes & W Federle. Effect of pitcher age on trapping efficiency and natural prey capture in carnivorous <em>Nepenthes rafflesiana<\/em> plants. <em>Annals of Botany<\/em> <strong>103<\/strong>: 1219-26. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/aob\/mcp065\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1093\/aob\/mcp065<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2009<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>CM Clarke, <strong>U Bauer<\/strong>, CC Lee, AA Tuen, K Rembold & JA Moran. Tree shrew lavatories \u2013 a novel nitrogen sequestration strategy in a tropical pitcher plant. <em>Biology Letters<\/em> <strong>5<\/strong>: 632-35. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1098\/rsbl.2009.0311\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1098\/rsbl.2009.0311<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2009<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>U Bauer<\/strong> & W Federle. The insect-trapping rim of <em>Nepenthes<\/em> pitchers: surface structure and function. <em>Plant Signaling & Behavior <\/em><strong>4<\/strong>: 1019-23. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4161\/psb.4.11.9664\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4161\/psb.4.11.9664<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2009<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>U Bauer<\/strong> & W Federle. <em>The role of the peristome in the trapping process of <\/em>Nepenthes. In: S McPherson. <em>Pitcher Plants of the Old World<\/em>, Vol. I, p. 72-77. Redfern Natural History Productions, Poole, UK. ISBN: 9780955891823.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2008<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>U Bauer<\/strong>, HF Bohn & W Federle. Harmless nectar source or deadly trap: <em>Nepenthes<\/em> pitchers are activated by rain, condensation and nectar. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society B<\/em> <strong>275<\/strong>: 259-65. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1098\/rspb.2007.1402\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1098\/rspb.2007.1402<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2007<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>U Bauer<\/strong>, HF Bohn & W Federle. Biomechanics and ecology of prey capture in <em>Nepenthes <\/em>pitcher plants. In: CC Lee (ed). <em>Proceedings from the Sarawak Nepenthes Summit 2007<\/em>, Kuching (Malaysia), p. 48-59.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n                <\/div>\n        \n                <div post_id=\"1143\" itemcount=\"2\"  header_id=\"header-1711451371861\" id=\"header-1711451371861\" style=\"\" class=\"accordions-head head1711451371861 border-none\" toggle-text=\"\" main-text=\"Conference Talks\">\n                                            <span id=\"accordion-icons-1711451371861\" class=\"accordion-icons\">\n                            <span class=\"accordion-icon-active accordion-plus\"><i class=\"fas fa-chevron-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n                            <span class=\"accordion-icon-inactive accordion-minus\"><i class=\"fas fa-chevron-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n                        <\/span>\n                        <span id=\"header-text-1711451371861\" class=\"accordions-head-title\">Conference Talks<\/span>\n                                    <\/div>\n                <div class=\"accordion-content content1711451371861 \">\n                    <table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2024<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>ICPS Conference, Vienna, Austria (invited speaker)<\/strong>: <em>How to make a springboard trap.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2024<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>UK Plant Biomechanics Day, Cambridge, UK (invited keynote speaker)<\/strong>: <em>TBC<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2024<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Royal Society Meeting of the Minds, London, UK<strong> (plenary)<\/strong>: <em>The tricks and traps of carnivorous pitcher plants.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2023<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Biomechanics in Nature, Wageningen, Netherlands (invited speaker)<\/strong>: <em>Carnivorous pitcher plants as models to understand the mechanical ecology of plants<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2022<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>EuroEvoDevo Conference, Naples, Italy (invited speaker)<\/strong>: <em>'Springboard' trapping in carnivorous pitcher plants: a composite synergistic trait facilitated by pre-existing phenotypic variability<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2020<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>SICB Conference, Austin, TX (invited speaker)<\/strong>: <em>Functional surfaces for insect trapping in Asian <\/em>Nepenthes<em> pitcher plants<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2019<\/td>\n<td>Structure and Function of Plant Waxes \u2013 From Biology to Technology, Bristol, UK (conference organiser): <em>Functional surfaces in plant ecology<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2018<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>ICPS Conference, Santa Rosa, CA (invited speaker)<\/strong>: <em>Convergent and divergent evolution of pitcher traps<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2018<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Botany, Rochester, MN (invited speaker)<\/strong>: <em>Functional surfaces for insect trapping in Asian <\/em>Nepenthes<em> pitcher plants<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2018<\/td>\n<td>SEB Annual Meeting, Florence, Italy: <em>Fine-tuning of epicuticular wax crystal structure to adjust trap surface slipperiness in a carnivorous pitcher plant<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2017<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>SEB Annual Meeting, Gothenburg, Sweden (invited session keynote)<\/strong>: <em>Slip, trip and trap: the biomechanics of pitcher traps and what we can learn from them<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2016<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>ICPS Conference, London, UK (invited speaker)<\/strong>: <em>The central role of rain in prey capture by <\/em>Nepenthes <em>pitcher traps<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2016<\/td>\n<td>Ants and their biotic environment, Munich, Germany: <em>The perfect ant trap: how carnivorous pitcher plants outsmart their prey<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2016<\/td>\n<td>Royal Entomological Society Meeting, Bristol, UK: <em>Friend or Foe? The Complicated Relationship between Insects and Carnivorous Pitcher Plants<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2015<\/td>\n<td>SEB Annual Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic: <em>Rapid, passive-dynamic trap movement in a carnivorous pitcher plant<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2014<\/td>\n<td>GW4 Functional Materials Meeting, Bristol, UK: <em>Springboards, water slides and sticky pools: functional materials and surfaces of carnivorous pitcher plants<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2014<\/td>\n<td>SEB Annual Meeting, Manchester, UK: <em>How to catch more prey with less effective traps: explaining the evolution of temporarily inactive traps in carnivorous pitcher plants<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2014<\/td>\n<td>2<sup>nd<\/sup> International Conference on Biological and Biomimetic Adhesives, Istanbul, Turkey: <em>Where Adhesion Fails: Slippery Surfaces of Insect-Trapping Pitcher Plants<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2014<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>2<sup>nd<\/sup><\/strong> <strong>Bristol-Kyoto Symposium, Kyoto, Japan (invited talk)<\/strong>: <em>Where Adhesion Fails: Slippery Surfaces of Insect-Trapping Pitcher Plants<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2013<\/td>\n<td>SEB Annual Meeting, Valencia, Spain: <em>Where Adhesion Fails: Slippery Surfaces of Insect-Trapping Pitcher Plants<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2012<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Euro Evo Devo, Lisbon, Portugal (invited speaker)<\/strong>: <em>Wax or wetness? Alternative trapping strategies in carnivorous Nepenthes pitcher plants<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2012<\/td>\n<td>SEB Annual Meeting, Salzburg, Austria: <em>Form follows function: Diversification of trap morphology and trapping strategies in carnivorous <\/em>Nepenthes<em> pitcher plants<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2010<\/td>\n<td>Trinity College Science Symposium, Cambridge, UK: <em>Of water flumes, waxy walls and toilet bowls: Evolution of trapping strategies in <\/em>Nepenthes<em> pitcher plants<\/em> (<strong>Best oral presentation award<\/strong>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2008<\/td>\n<td>Zoology Graduate Symposium, Cambridge, UK: <em>Harmless nectar source or deadly trap? Wetness-based activation of traps in carnivorous pitcher plants <\/em>(<strong>Best oral presentation award<\/strong>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2008<\/td>\n<td>Annual Meeting of the German Zoological Society (DZG), Jena, Germany: <em>Harmless nectar source or deadly trap? Wetness-based activation of traps in carnivorous pitcher plants<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2007<\/td>\n<td>Sarawak Nepenthes Summit, Kuching, Malaysia: <em>Biomechanics and ecology of prey capture in Nepenthes pitcher plants<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n                <\/div>\n        \n                <div post_id=\"1143\" itemcount=\"3\"  header_id=\"header-1711452374118\" id=\"header-1711452374118\" style=\"\" class=\"accordions-head head1711452374118 border-none\" toggle-text=\"\" main-text=\"Seminars and Public Lectures\">\n                                            <span id=\"accordion-icons-1711452374118\" class=\"accordion-icons\">\n                            <span class=\"accordion-icon-active accordion-plus\"><i class=\"fas fa-chevron-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n                            <span class=\"accordion-icon-inactive accordion-minus\"><i class=\"fas fa-chevron-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n                        <\/span>\n                        <span id=\"header-text-1711452374118\" class=\"accordions-head-title\">Seminars and Public Lectures<\/span>\n                                    <\/div>\n                <div class=\"accordion-content content1711452374118 \">\n                    <table width=\"886\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>2023<\/td>\n<td>Carnivorous plants as models to understand the mechanical ecology of plants<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>LMU Munich, Germany (seminar)<\/li>\n<li>University of Sheffield, UK (seminar)<\/li>\n<li>University of Manchester, UK (seminar)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2022<\/td>\n<td>My pitcher plant teacher<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>University of Bristol, UK (seminar)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2021<\/td>\n<td>Function, evolution and development of carnivorous pitcher plant traps<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cardiff University, UK (seminar)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2021<\/td>\n<td>Convergent and divergent evolution of pitcher plant traps<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Brunei Nature Society, Brunei (public talk, online)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2019<\/td>\n<td>Biomechanics of carnivorous pitcher plants: surfaces and biomaterials for prey capture<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bremen City University of Applied Sciences, Germany (seminar)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2019<\/td>\n<td>Springboards, Water Slides and Sticky Pools: How Carnivorous Pitcher Plants Catch their Prey<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chester Zoo, UK (seminar)<\/li>\n<li>Durham University, UK (seminar)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2019<\/td>\n<td>Biomechanics and Ecology of Carnivorous Pitcher Plant Traps<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>University of Lincoln, UK (seminar)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2017<\/td>\n<td>Biomechanics and Ecology of Prey Capture in Carnivorous Pitcher Plant Traps<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>University of Reading, UK (seminar)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2016\/17<\/td>\n<td>Springboards, Water Slides and Sticky Pools: How Carnivorous Pitcher Plants Catch their Food<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ETH Z\u00fcrich, Switzerland (seminar)<\/li>\n<li>Friends of the Bristol Botanic Garden, UK (public lecture)<\/li>\n<li>Seychelles Natural History Museum, Seychelles (public lecture)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2015<\/td>\n<td>The slippery and the slimy: how pitcher plants trap their prey<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kew Gardens, UK (public lecture)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2015<\/td>\n<td>Springboards, water slides and sticky pools: how carnivorous pitcher plants catch their food<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>University of Greifswald, Germany (seminar)<\/li>\n<li>Friends of the Oxford Botanical Garden, UK (public lecture)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2014<\/td>\n<td>Indonesia\u2019s Wild East: from Sulawesi to Papua in Wallace\u2019s footsteps<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Brunei Nature Society, Brunei Darussalam (public lecture)<\/li>\n<li>Panaga Natural History Society, Brunei Darussalam (public lecture)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2014<\/td>\n<td>Where Adhesion Fails: Slippery Surfaces of Insect-Trapping Pitcher Plants<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>University of Bristol, UK (seminar)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2013<\/td>\n<td>Sumboi-Sumboi: Charismatic Pitcher Plants of Brunei Darussalam<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1st Brunei Nature Festival, Brunei Darussalam (public lecture)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2013<\/td>\n<td>Pasir Putih: Introducing the Biodiversity of the Tutong White Sands<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1st Brunei Nature Festival, Brunei Darussalam (public lecture)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2012\/13<\/td>\n<td>Turning the tables in plant-animal interactions: the tricks and traps of insect-eating pitcher plants<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cambridge Philosophical Society, UK (public lecture)<\/li>\n<li>University of Bristol, UK (seminar)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2011\/12<\/td>\n<td>Of water flumes, waxy walls and toilet bowls: Trapping strategies of carnivorous pitcher plants<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jepson Herbarium, Berkeley, CA (seminar)<\/li>\n<li>Universiti Brunei Darussalam (seminar)<\/li>\n<li>Panaga Natural History Society, Brunei Darussalam (public lecture)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2011<\/td>\n<td>Von Klosch\u00fcsseln und Wasserrutschen: ungew\u00f6hnliche Beutefangstrategien bei tropischen Kannenpflanzen<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nees Institute for Biodiversity of Plants, Germany (seminar)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2010<\/td>\n<td>Of water flumes, waxy walls and toilet bowls: Evolution of trapping strategies in Nepenthes pitcher plants<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wolfson Science Society, Cambridge, UK (public lecture)<\/li>\n<li>University of Cambridge, UK (seminar)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2009<\/td>\n<td>Plant-insect interactions: Pitcher plants as food source, habitat and deadly predators of insects<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Amateur Entomological Society, Cambridge, UK (public lecture)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2009<\/td>\n<td>A journey to the pitcher plants of Sarawak<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Panaga Natural History Society, Brunei Darussalam (public lecture)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2008<\/td>\n<td>Harmless nectar source or deadly trap? Wetness-based activation of traps in carnivorous pitcher plants<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Trinity College Cambridge, UK (seminar)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2006<\/td>\n<td>Biomechanics of insect-plant interactions: Nepenthes pitcher traps and skilful circumventers (with Holger Bohn)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Brunei Nature Society, Brunei Darussalam (public lecture)<\/li>\n<li>Panaga Natural History Society, Brunei Darussalam (public lecture)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n                <\/div>\n        \n                <div post_id=\"1143\" itemcount=\"4\"  header_id=\"header-1711453831771\" id=\"header-1711453831771\" style=\"\" class=\"accordions-head head1711453831771 border-none\" toggle-text=\"\" main-text=\"Awards and Funding\">\n                                            <span id=\"accordion-icons-1711453831771\" class=\"accordion-icons\">\n                            <span class=\"accordion-icon-active accordion-plus\"><i class=\"fas fa-chevron-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n                            <span class=\"accordion-icon-inactive accordion-minus\"><i class=\"fas fa-chevron-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n                        <\/span>\n                        <span id=\"header-text-1711453831771\" class=\"accordions-head-title\">Awards and Funding<\/span>\n                                    <\/div>\n                <div class=\"accordion-content content1711453831771 \">\n                    <table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2022\/23<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Royal Society University Research Fellowship Renewal<\/strong> (\u00a3 608,678.29)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2022<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>BCAI <\/strong>MScR Studentship (\u00a3 25,251.11)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2021<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Royal Society Enhanced Research Expenses Fund<\/strong> (\u00a3 94,999.84)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2021<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>HFSP Young Investigator Grant <\/strong>(Co-I) (US$ 365,000.00)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2021<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>BCAI <\/strong>Project Grant (\u00a3 21,201.06)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2021<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>JXB \/ BES \/ New Phytologist Trust <\/strong>conference session sponsorship\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (\u00a3 4,500.00)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2020<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>BCAI MScR Studentship <\/strong>(\u00a3 24,095.11)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2019<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>BCAI <\/strong>Conference Fund (\u00a3 1,486.80)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2018<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Royal Society Research Grant for Research Fellows<\/strong> (\u00a3 151,155.40)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2017<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Royal Society Research Fellows Enhancement Award<\/strong> (\u00a3 108,748.00)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2017<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Royal Society University Research Fellowship<\/strong> (\u00a3 530,572.45)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2016<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Royal Society Research Grant <\/strong>(\u00a3 14,614.80)<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2015<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Lady Emily Smyth Agricultural Research Station Pump-priming Fund\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>(\u00a3 15,000.00)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2015<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Category Winner<\/strong> Evolutionary Biology, <strong>Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2015<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Biomechanics Section <strong>Talk Prize<\/strong> (runner-up), <strong>SEB Annual Meeting<\/strong>, Prague<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2014<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Rank Prize Funds New Investigator Award <\/strong>(\u00a3 20,000.00)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2013<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship <\/strong>(\u00a3 87,000.00)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2011<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Royal Society International Travel Grant <\/strong>(\u00a3 3,200.00)<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2010<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Henslow Research Fellowship<\/strong> of the <strong>Cambridge Philosophical Society \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/strong>(\u00a3 62,502.00)<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2010<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Student <strong>Poster Prize<\/strong> (runner-up), <strong>ATBC Conference<\/strong>, Bali<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2008<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Best Talk<\/strong>, <strong>Zoology Graduate Symposium<\/strong>, University of Cambridge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2006<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Trinity College Cambridge External Research Scholarship<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2005<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>DAAD<\/strong> (German Academic Exchange Service) <strong>Short Term Studentship for Final Projects <\/strong>(\u20ac 2,675.00)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n                <\/div>\n        \n                <div post_id=\"1143\" itemcount=\"5\"  header_id=\"header-1711454708726\" id=\"header-1711454708726\" style=\"\" class=\"accordions-head head1711454708726 border-none\" toggle-text=\"\" main-text=\"Public Outreach and Media Presence\">\n                                            <span id=\"accordion-icons-1711454708726\" class=\"accordion-icons\">\n                            <span class=\"accordion-icon-active accordion-plus\"><i class=\"fas fa-chevron-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n                            <span class=\"accordion-icon-inactive accordion-minus\"><i class=\"fas fa-chevron-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n                        <\/span>\n                        <span id=\"header-text-1711454708726\" class=\"accordions-head-title\">Public Outreach and Media Presence<\/span>\n                                    <\/div>\n                <div class=\"accordion-content content1711454708726 \">\n                    <table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2024<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><em>\"These carnivorous plants won the evolutionary jackpot\" \u2013 <\/em><strong><em>Science magazine <\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2rnWVQE4PzI\">YouTube video<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2022<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><em>\"Shop of Genetic Horrors - The Evolution of Carnivorous Plants\" \u2013<\/em> episode on the<a href=\"https:\/\/geneticsunzipped.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/3\/evolution-carnivorous-plants\"><strong><em> Genetics<\/em><em> Unzipped <\/em><\/strong>Podcast<\/a> of the Genetics Society<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2019<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><em>\"The tricks and traps of insect-eating pitcher plants\" \u2013 <\/em>interactive street science session as part of the Bristol <strong>Soapbox Science <\/strong>event<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2019<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><em>\"The tricks and traps of insect-eating pitcher plants\"<\/em> \u2013 booth at the <strong>Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition Discovery Hub <\/strong>late opening session in London<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2019<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><em>\"The biomechanics of plant-insect interactions\" <\/em>- exhibit at the Cambridge University Library for <strong>DISCOVERY \u2013 200 years of the Cambridge Philosophical Society<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2018<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><em>\"Insects and pitcher plants \u2013 a sticky situation or a slippery slope?\" <\/em>- pub(lic) talk at the Good Chemistry Brewery during the Bristol <strong>Pint of Science <\/strong>event<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2017-2019<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><em>\"How pitcher plants trap prey\" <\/em>- guest teaching session with year 4 primary school children at <strong>Crossways Junior School<\/strong>, Bristol<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2016<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><em>\"From juicy critters to tasty poop: the dinner habits of carnivorous pitcher plants\" <\/em>- interactive educational session for families with children (age 5+) at the <strong>Kew Science<\/strong> <strong>Festival<\/strong> in Kew Gardens, London<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2015<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><em>\"Mmmmmm Food\" <\/em>- booth about plant-insect interactions at the <strong>Bristol Festival of Nature<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2015<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><em>\"How working part-time makes pitcher plants more effective ant killers\"<\/em> \u2013 popular science article on <a href=\"http:\/\/theconversation.com\/how-working-part-time-makes-pitcher-plants-more-effective-ant-killers-36181\"><strong><em>The Conversation<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2015<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>TV interview for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pointswest\/videos\/883567085071769\/?pnref=story\"><strong>BBC Points West<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2015<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Interview for the Canadian CBC science radio show <a href=\"http:\/\/podcast.cbc.ca\/mp3\/podcasts\/quirks_20150117_11831.mp3\"><em><strong>Quirks & Quarks<\/strong><\/em> with Bob McDonald<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2014<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Webinar on carnivorous plants with year 5 school children from <strong>Yeomoor Primary School<\/strong> (Somerset)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2013<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><em>\"Sumboi-Sumboi: charismatic pitcher plants of Brunei Darussalam\"<\/em> and <em>\" Pasir Putih: introducing the biodiversity of the Tutong White Sands\"<\/em> \u2013 public lectures at the <strong>1<sup>st <\/sup>Brunei Nature Festival <\/strong>in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2012<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>TV interview for <strong>ITV East Anglia News<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2012<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Scientific advisor for the <strong>SE Asian <em>Nepenthes <\/em>Study & Research Foundation<\/strong> (SEANSRF) which promotes education, research and nature conservation in Thailand<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2010<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Contribution to the <strong>educational EU film project <\/strong><strong><em>Nanoyou<br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2010-present<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Foundation and administration of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/BruneiNatureConservation\/\">facebook group<\/a> promoting nature conservation in Brunei<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2007<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Interview for the <strong>BBC Radio 4 <\/strong>science radio show <strong>Leading Edge<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2006-2017<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Botanical lay excursions to pitcher plant sites in Brunei Darussalam for <strong>Brunei Nature Society <\/strong>and <strong>Panaga Natural History Society<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n                <\/div>\n        \n                <div post_id=\"1143\" itemcount=\"6\"  header_id=\"header-1711455726562\" id=\"header-1711455726562\" style=\"\" class=\"accordions-head head1711455726562 border-none\" toggle-text=\"\" main-text=\"Teaching\">\n                                            <span id=\"accordion-icons-1711455726562\" class=\"accordion-icons\">\n                            <span class=\"accordion-icon-active accordion-plus\"><i class=\"fas fa-chevron-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n                            <span class=\"accordion-icon-inactive accordion-minus\"><i class=\"fas fa-chevron-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n                        <\/span>\n                        <span id=\"header-text-1711455726562\" class=\"accordions-head-title\">Teaching<\/span>\n                                    <\/div>\n                <div class=\"accordion-content content1711455726562 \">\n                    <ul>\n<li><strong>Supervision of PhD, MSci\/MRes and undergraduate project students<\/strong>, including visiting students from Germany and France, during field- and lab-based projects<\/li>\n<li><strong>Development and delivery of undergraduate lectures<\/strong> on plant-insect interactions at the University of Bristol, UK<\/li>\n<li><strong>Development and delivery of a half-day undergraduate lab<\/strong> on plant-insect interactions at the University of Bristol, UK<\/li>\n<li><strong>Delivery of a half-day undergraduate lab <\/strong>on insect biology at the University of Cambrige, UK<\/li>\n<li><strong>Setting and marking of exam questions<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Thesis examinations and vivas <\/strong>(Phd, Masters)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Annual progress monitoring<\/strong> for the University of Bristol, UK<\/li>\n<li><strong>Admissions interviews <\/strong>for undergraduate applicants at Robinson College Cambridge, UK<\/li>\n<li><strong>Small group tutorials <\/strong>('supervisions') and\u00a0<strong>lab demonstrations<\/strong> for NatSci undergraduates at the University of Cambridge, UK<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sports coaching<\/strong>: rowing, strength & conditioning, and fitness classes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n                <\/div>\n        \n                <div post_id=\"1143\" itemcount=\"7\"  header_id=\"header-1711455758371\" id=\"header-1711455758371\" style=\"\" class=\"accordions-head head1711455758371 border-none\" toggle-text=\"\" main-text=\"Project Students\">\n                                            <span id=\"accordion-icons-1711455758371\" class=\"accordion-icons\">\n                            <span class=\"accordion-icon-active accordion-plus\"><i class=\"fas fa-chevron-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n                            <span class=\"accordion-icon-inactive accordion-minus\"><i class=\"fas fa-chevron-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n                        <\/span>\n                        <span id=\"header-text-1711455758371\" class=\"accordions-head-title\">Project Students<\/span>\n                                    <\/div>\n                <div class=\"accordion-content content1711455758371 \">\n                    <table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2022-present<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Oona Lessware, PhD (University of Bristol): <a href=\"https:\/\/mechanicalecology.bristol.ac.uk\/research\/development-of-trapping-surfaces\/\"><em>Developmental biology of superhydrophilic, directional, anti-adhesive plant surfaces<\/em><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2018-2024<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Anne-Kristin Lenz, PhD (University of Bristol): <em><a href=\"https:\/\/mechecolab.blogs.bristol.ac.uk\/research\/impact-response-of-leaves\/\">Adaptations of plant leaves for avoiding, dissipating or exploiting impact energy<\/a> <\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2018-2024<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Michal R. Golos, PhD (University of Bristol): <em><a href=\"https:\/\/mechecolab.blogs.bristol.ac.uk\/research\/wetness-activated-slippery-plant-surfaces\/\">The effect of plant surface micro-topography on wetting, surface contamination, and insect adhesion and locomotion<\/a> <\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2022-2023<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Nathanael Tan, MScR (University of Bristol): <em><a href=\"https:\/\/mechecolab.blogs.bristol.ac.uk\/research\/hail-resistance-in-crops-and-other-plants\/\">Adaptations of crop plants to withstand hail impacts<\/a><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2022-2023<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Tjark Maretzke, visiting Erasmus exchange student (Bremen City University of Applied Sciences, Germany)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2022-2023<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Torsten Alandt, visiting Erasmus exchange student (Bremen City University of Applied Sciences, Germany)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2022<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Janine Drube, BSc thesis project (visiting student from Bremen City University of Applied Sciences, Germany): <em>Plant leaves as biomimetic inspiration for hail-resistant structures<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2021-2022<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Janine Drube, Erasmus exchange student (Bremen City University of Applied Sciences, Germany): <em>Design and proof of concept of a hail simulator for plant biomechanics research<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2020-2021<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Veronika Weis, visiting student (Bremen City University of Applied Sciences, Germany): <em>3D morphometrics of <\/em>Nepenthes gracilis <em>pitcher traps<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2020-2021<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Oona Lessware, MScR (University of Bristol): <a href=\"https:\/\/mechanicalecology.bristol.ac.uk\/research\/development-of-trapping-surfaces\/\"><em>Developmental biology of superhydrophilic, directional, anti-adhesive plant surfaces<\/em><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2019-2020<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>George Hale, MSci (University of Bristol): <em>Investigating the relationship between morphology and drop impact behaviour in dicotyledonous leaves<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2015-2016<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Hannah Berg, MSci (University of Bristol): <em>The function of rain-driven leaf vibrations for prey capture and herbivore defence <\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2015<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Emily Wood & Sid Dougan, final year Biology BSc (University of Bristol): <em>Quantification of nectar production by <\/em>Nepenthes<em> pitchers and nectar intake by foraging <\/em>Camponotus<em> ants<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2014<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Marion Paulin, training intern (\u00c9cole Nationale Sup\u00e9rieure d\u2019Agronomie de Toulouse, France): <em>Rain-driven vibration of the <\/em>N. gracilis <em>pitcher lid <\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2012<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Micha\u00ebl Sauvagnat, MRes (University of French Guyana, France): <em>Attraction and recruitment of ants to pitcher plants <\/em>(field project)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2008<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Hannes Seidel, final year Biology BSc (University of W\u00fcrzburg, Germany): <em>Implications of intermittent trap activation for prey capture by <\/em>Nepenthes<em> pitcher plants <\/em>(field project)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2007<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Christoph Willmes, final year Biology BSc (University of W\u00fcrzburg, Germany): <em>Ontogeny of Nepenthes pitchers and implications for prey capture (field project)<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2007<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Ingolf Karl, final year Biology BSc (University of W\u00fcrzburg, Germany):<em>Behaviour and ecology of the pitcher plant inhabiting crab spider, <\/em>Misumenops nepenthicola (field project)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>2007<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Tilo Weber, final year Biology BSc (University of W\u00fcrzburg, Germany): <em>Wetness-based trap activation in <\/em>Nepenthes<em> pitcher plants: implications for ant recruitment<\/em> (field project)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n\n    \n                <\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Ulrike Bauer Research Interests Biomechanics and ecology of plants and plant-insect interactions Function, development and evolution of biological materials&hellip; 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