Curriculum Vitae
Matthew Hall
Evolution and Ecology Research Centre
The University of New South Wales
Academic History:
Post-doctoral Research Associate (2009 – Present) University of New South Wales, Australia. Research topic: Linking the evolutionary and bio-energetic causes of sex differences in lifespan. Advisor: Prof. Robert Brooks.
PhD, Biological Sciences (2005 – 2009) University of New South Wales, Australia. Dissertation topic: The evolutionary consequences of sexual conflict. Advisor: Prof. Robert Brooks.
Research Project (2006) Zoological Museum, University of Zurich, Switzerland. Research topic: The dynamics of post-copulatory sexual selection using Competitive PCR. Advisor: Prof. Paul Ward and Dr. Luc Bussière.
BSc with Honours (1999 – 2002) University of New South Wales, Australia. Thesis topic: The evolutionary constraints underlying female mate choice and male attractiveness. Advisor: Prof. Robert Brooks.
Conference Presentations:
Hall M. D., Lailvaux, S. P., Blows, M. W., Brooks R. (2008) Sexual conflict and the maintenance of additive genetic variation. Spoken paper. International Behavioral Ecology Congress, Ithaca, USA & Royal Entomological Society Annual Meeting, Plymouth, UK.
Hall M. D., Bussière L. F., Hunt J., Brooks R. (2007) Experimental evidence that sexual conflict influences the opportunity, form and intensity of sexual selection. Spoken paper. Evolution, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Hall M. D., Bussière L. F., Brooks R. (2006) The costs and benefits of mate choice: an experimental evolution study. Spoken paper. International Behavioral Ecology Congress, Tours, France & Australian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour, Macquarie University, Sydney.
Hall M. D., Bussière L. F., Demont M, Brooks R. (2006) Competitive PCR analysis of insemination success in the black field cricket, Teleogryllus commodus. Spoken paper. Kilchberg, Zoologisches Museum der Universität Zürich, Switzerland.
Hall M. D., Lindholm A., Brooks R. (2005) Selection on male attractiveness failed to produce a response. Spoken paper. Australian Evolution Society, Fremantle, Western Australia.
A more detailed CV can be downloaded here
