Education/Training
1986 – 1989
PhD, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
1984 – 1985
MSc (hons), University of Canterbury, New Zealand
1980 – 1982
BSc, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Research Experience/Academic Appointments
Since 2017
Scientific Member and Director, MPI for Evolutionary Biology, Plön
Since 2016
Professor and Director of Laboratory, ESPCI, Paris
2007 – 2017
Distinguished Professor, New Zealand Institute for Advanced Study, Massey University, Auckland
2003 – 2007
Chair, Ecology & Evolution, University of Auckland
1994 – 2005
BBSRC Advanced Fellow, Lecturer then Professor, University of Oxford
Important Scientific Prizes/Functions
2017
Infosys ICTS Turing Lecture Series, International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Bangalore, India
2015
Elected Member, EMBO
2014 – 2015
Blaise Pascal International Research Chair, Ministére de l’Enseignement et de la Recherche, Paris, France
2014
Massey University Research Medal
2014
Einstein Professor, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2014
KITP Simons Distinguished Visiting Scholar, University of California Santa Barbara
2013
CNRS Visiting Professor, École Normale Supérieure
2011
Elected Scientific Member of the Max Planck Society and External Scientific Member, MPI for Evolutionary Biology, Plön
2010
James Cook Research Fellowship, Royal Society of New Zealand
2007
Elected Fellow, Academy of the Royal Society of New Zealand (FRSNZ)