I am an Associate Professor in Host-Pathogen Evolutionary Ecology at the University of Exeter (Penryn campus, Cornwall).
Research Career
| 2022- | Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter | Associate Professor |
| 2016-2025 | Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter | Sir Henry Dale Fellowship from the Wellcome Trust and Royal Society |
| 2014-2016 | Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge | NERC Researcher Co-Investigator with Frank Jiggins |
| 2012-2014 | Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge | ERC Post-Doctoral Researcher with Frank Jiggins |
| 2012-2016 | Christ’s College | Junior Research Fellow |
| 2007-2011 | Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh | PhD student, BBSRC Studentship, Co-supervised by Darren Obbard and Frank Jiggins (Cambridge) |
| 2007 | Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park | USGS Entomology Internship |
| 2003-2006 | University of Bristol | BSc (Hons) Biology |
Awards
My 2015 paper on changes in virulence following host shifts was highlighted as one of 42 outstanding articles as part of PLOS Pathogens’ 10th anniversary collection
PhD thesis awards:
The Sir Kenneth Mather Memorial Prize by The Genetics Society UK (2011) and the Alfred Russell Wallace Award from the Royal Entomological Society (2012)
Ben Longdon 