People
Principal investigators
Professor Terry Burke
University of Sheffield, UK (Sheffield)
Sheffield staff page
t.a.burke@sheffield.ac.uk
University of Groningen, UK (RUG)
RUG staff page
h.l.dugdale@rug.nl
Professor Jan Komdeur
University of Groningen, NL (RUG)
RUG staff page
j.komdeur@rug.nl
University of East Anglia, UK (UEA)
UEA staff page
david.richardson@uea.ac.uk
Postdoctoral researchers
Post-doctoral research associate (2020-2023) Gut microbiome variation, fitness and senescence within a natural vertebrate population.
Based at the University of East Anglia. Collaboration with David Richardson, Matthew Hutchings and Hannah Dugdale. Supported by Nature Seychelles and NERC.
PhD students
NRPDTP PhD (2023-2027) The intergenerational consequences of biological age in a vertebrate population. Based at University of East Anglia. Supervised by David Richardson and David Monk. Supported by Martin Taylor, Hannah Dugdale and Nature Seychelles.
NWO PhD (2019-2023) A first realistic quantitative test of sex ratio modification theory in a wild population.
Based at RUG. Supervised by Jan Komdeur, David Richardson and Franjo Weissing. Supported by Terry Burke, Hannah Dugdale and Nature Seychelles.
m.j.borger@rug.nl
Sergio González-Mollinedo
RUG/MAQ funded double-degree PhD (2022-2026). Genomics of inbreeding depression, senescence and mitochondrial performance. Supervised by Hannah Dugdale and David Richardson. Supported by Jan Komdeur, Terry Burke and Nature Seychelles.
s.a.gonzalez.mollinedo@rug.nl
NRPDTP PhD (2021–2025) Metagenomics of gut microbiome in ageing, fitness, and mortality within an isolated vertebrate population. Based at University of East Anglia. Supervised by David Richardson, Hannah Dugdale, and Falk Hildebrand. Supported by Terry Burke, Jan Komdeur, and Nature Seychelles. Chuen.Lee@uea.ac.uk
Sheffield Scholarship (2022–2025). Genomics of inbreeding in Seychelles warblers. Based at Sheffield University. Supervised by Terry Burke and David Richardson. Supported by Hannah Dugdale, Jan Komdeur, and Nature Seychelles.
kgllee1@sheffield.ac.uk
NERC PhD (2022-2026). Understanding lifelong and multigenerational inbreeding effects in the Seychelles warbler. Supervised by David Richardson, Cock van Oosterhout and Hannah Dugdale. Supported by Jan Komdeur, Terry Burke and Nature Seychelles.
A.Pinto@uea.ac.uk
RUG/MAQ funded double-degree PhD (2021-2025) Fitness benefits and heritability of long-term partnerships.
Based at the University of Groningen and Macquarie University (AUS). Supervised by Hannah Dugdale, Simon Griffith, and David Richardson. Supported by Jan Komdeur, Terry Burke, and Nature Seychelles.
f.j.d.speelman@rug.nl
RUG/UEA funded double degree PhD (2022-2026). Quantitative genetics and genomics of senescence. Based in the University of Groningen and University of East Anglia (UEA). Supervised by Hannah Dugdale and David Richardson. Supported by Jan Komdeur, Terry Burke and Nature Seychelles.
l.s.tsui@rug.nl
Molecular support
Research assistant (2004-present) Marco runs the molecular sexing and genotyping of the Seychelles warbler dataset
Based at RUG. Line manager, Jan Komdeur
University of Groningen staff page
m.van.der.velde@rug.nl
Alumni
Meet the past members of our group.