Robin Hare

Robin joined Bennelongia in June 2022 after completing a PhD focussing on sexual selection among females in a unique bushcricket (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) endemic to Western Australia. Robin’s research involved substantial remote field work prospecting for new-to-science populations of his study animal, as well as behavioural experiments and genomic analyses. Robin’s exceptional analytical and writing skills were recognised with the Dean’s List Honours, awarded to the top fraction of PhD theses. Field trips spent camping along the Western Australian coast reinvigorated Robin’s passion for the landscape and its various inhabitants.

Alongside his PhD, Robin undertook extensive undergraduate teaching, especially in units focussing on invertebrate diversity and identification. Between research and teaching activities, Robin has dissected hundreds of invertebrates, and has a sound understanding of the structure, function, and ecology of a range of taxa. In 2019, Robin contributed articles on obscure invertebrate taxa to Taxonomy Australia, an initiative raising awareness of Australia’s fantastic biodiversity. In 2020, Robin combined his passions of biology and filmmaking to produce dozens of lab replacement videos when undergraduate teaching migrated online.

Robin enjoys communicating interesting scientific findings in various media, particularly writing. In his role at Bennelongia he combines his interests in biodiversity and writing by contributing to Bennelongia’s capacity to synthesise complex data efficiently in the form of clear and informative reports.