Awards and Honours
2025: John C. Marsden Medal (Linnean Society of London) for best PhD thesis in biology submitted to a British University.
2024: Ehleringer Award for best student paper in the journal Oecologia (Oecologia editorial board).
2024: Nominated for Supervisor of the Year Teaching Award (Edinburgh University Students’ Association).
2023: Runner-up for Alfred Russel Wallace Award (Royal Entomological Society) for best PhD thesis in entomology.
2024: Supervisor of the Year Teaching Award (Edinburgh University Students’ Association). Nominated, long-listed.
2023: Runner-up for David Laing Book Collecting Prize (University of Edinburgh) for a collection of scientific literature.
2022: Best Poster Prize (British Entomological and Natural History Society Annual Exhibition).
2017: Charles Darwin Award and Marsh Prize, Certificate of Commendation (Zoological Society of London).
2017: Ashworth Prize and Evolutionary Biology Class Medal (University of Edinburgh).
2017: Funded Summer Studentship (University of Edinburgh).
2016: William Turner Prize (University of Edinburgh) for excellence in “Evolution and Ecology of Plants 3”.
2014: Prince Philip Award and Marsh Prize (Zoological Society of London) for contributions to zoology
2013: Dux Litterarum (Larbert High School).
2011: Hammond Award (Amateur Entomologists' Society) for the best publication in the AES Bulletin. Short-listed.
Grants
2024: Royal Entomological Society conference attendance grant (£400).
2024: Davis Expedition Fund grant (£8500) for entomological fieldwork in South Africa.
2023: Davis Expedition Fund grant (£6500) for entomological fieldwork in the Azores, Portugal.
2018: BBSRC EastBio funded PhD studentship (RTSG £17920).
2017: Funded Summer Studentship (University of Edinburgh).
Society Memberships
Royal Entomological Society (admitted as a Member in June 2019)
The Linnean Society of London (elected Associate on 17th October 2013; Fellow on 22nd May 2020)
Amateur Entomologists' Society (2009 to date)
Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (2024 to 2025)
British Ecological Society (2021-2023)
British Entomological and Natural History Society (2013 to date)