We are a diverse group of researchers united by a fascination with social insects — mostly wasps, but ants and bees too.

Current group

• Seirian Sumner Principal Investigator · Professor of Behavioural Ecology 2012–present
• Alex Cerqueira de Araujo Senior Bioinformatician September 2024–present
• Caroline Chandler PhD Student, Wasps in UK Farming Systems 2023–present
• Christopher Wyatt Eco-Flow Project Lead 2013–2014, 2019–present
• Cintia Akemi Oi Postdoctoral Researcher (NERC) / Scientific Associate (NHM) 2022–present
• Femi E Benny PhD Student, Ecosystem services of social wasps 2024–present
• Fernando Duarte Frutos Bioinformatician, Eco-Flow 2024–present
• Idris Adams PhD Student, Diet & Life History Evolution in Aculeate Wasps 2023–present
• Iona Cunningham-Eurich PhD Student, Parasitoid Wasp Diversity & Ecology 2021–present
• Romuald Tcheutchoua PhD Student, Wasps as Biocontrol Agents 2020–present

Left the nest

• Adam DevenishPhD Student, Invasive Ants & Ecosystem Services now Dr Devenish
• Alessandro CiniPostdoctoral Research Fellow (Marie Skłodowska-Curie)
• Benjamin TaylorHuman Frontiers Science Program Research Fellow 2016–2021, 2025–2026
• Daisy TaylorPost-doctoral Research Assistant
• Emeline FavreauPost-doctoral Bioinformatics Researcher
• Emily BellPhD Student, Caste Plasticity in Eusocial Insects now Dr Bell
• Lewis RevelyPhD Student, Phenotypic Plasticity in Social Insects now Dr Revely
• Owen CorbettPhD Student, Mechanisms of Conflict Resolution now Dr Corbett
• Patrick KennedyPhD Student, Social Evolution now Dr Kennedy
• Robin SouthonPhD Student, Adaptive Value of Males in Eusocial Insects now Dr Southon
• Ryan BrockMaster's by Research Student, Comparative Genomics
• Sam DuckerinPhD Student, Pesticide Effects on Bumblebee Social Networks now Dr Duckerin
• Sam MorrisMaster's by Research, Transcriptome Analysis of Dinoponera quadriceps
• Sandra MorenoPhD Student, Behavioural Genomics of Malaysian Hover Wasps now Dr Moreno