De Gasperin Ornela
Faculty of Biology and Medicine
Department of ecology and evolution
University of Lausanne
Switzerland
Biography
Academic biography follows Post-doc Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Switzerland. Advisor: Michel Chapuisat. PhD Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge. PhD supervisor: Becky Kilner. BSc (Biology) National Autonomous University of Mexico BSc dissertation Undergraduate research project. Department of Ecology, National Autonomous University of Mexico. Supervisor: Constantino Macias Garcia BSc research project Undergraduate research project. Department of Ecology, National Autonomous University of Mexico. Supervisor: Roxana Torres
Research Interest
Research interest lies in understanding why the structure of animal societies vary across and within species. I am using the ant clade (family formicidae) to investigate why some species have colonies headed by only one queen (monogynous), while others have colonies with multiple queens (polygynous), and why some species remain polymorphic (having both types of colonies within populations).
Publications
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De Gasperin O, Kilner RM. (2015). Interspecific interactions change the outcome of sexual conflict over prehatching parental investment in the burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides. Ecology and evolution. 5: 5552-5560.
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De Gasperin O, Kilner RM. (2015). Friend or foe: interâ€specific interactions and conflicts of interest within the family. Ecological entomology. 40: 787-795.
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De Gasperin O, Duarte A, Troscianko J, Kilner RM. (2016). Fitness costs associated with building and maintaining the burying beetle’s carrion nest. Scientific reports. 2016;6.
