Dr. Mathilda Whittle

E-mail: mathilda.whittle@zoology.ubc.ca
I am broadly interested in the evolutionary ecology of host-microbe interactions. In the King lab, I aim to use theoretical techniques to investigate the evolutionary trajectory of host-pathogen-symbiont dynamics within the context of climate change.

 

Publications

Whittle, M., Bonsall, M.B., Barreaux, A.M.G., Ponton, F., English, S. 2023. A theoretical model for host controlled regulation of symbiont density. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 36, 1731-1744.
Whittle, M., Barreaux, A.M.G., Bonsall, M.B., Ponton, F., English, S. 2021. Insect-host control of obligate, intracellular symbiont density. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 288: 20211993.
Hammann, S., Cramp, L.J.E., Whittle, M., Evershed, R.P. Cholesterol degradation in archaeological pottery mediated by fired clay and fatty acid pro-oxidants. Tetrahedron Letters 59, 4401-4404.

Education

2024 PhD University of Bristol, UK and Macquarie, Australia 
2020 MRes Entomology, University of Reading, UK 
2018 BSc Chemistry, University of Bristol, UK

Awards

2024  Macquarie University Vice Chancellor’s Commendation for            Academic Excellence
2020 Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council                  Studentship