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Curriculum Vitae

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Research Fellow (2018-current)

Division of Ecology and Evolution

Research School of Biology

The Australian National University

Canberra ACT 2600 Australia

Previous employment

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Technical Research Assistant (2017-2018)

School of Biological Sciences

Monash University

Clayton VIC 3800 Australia

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Academic qualifications

 

PhD, Evolutionary Ecology (2013-2017)

Honours IA, Ecology (2012)

BSc (Ecology) (2009-2011)

School of Biological Sciences

The University of Queensland

St Lucia QLD 4072 Australia

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Grants and awards

 

Genomics for Australian Plants Initiative Bioplatforms Sequencing Grant ($25,000) (2020)

Centre for Biodiversity Analysis Synthesis Group Grant ($24,000) (2020)

Named postdoctoral research fellow on successful Australian Research Council

Discovery Project DP200101382 ($478,077) (2019)

Nomination for Functional Ecology JBS Haldane Early Career Researcher Award (2017)

Australian Postgraduate Award Scholarship (2013-2016)

Company of Biologists UK Travel Grant ($900) (2014)

UQ School of Biological Sciences Conference Support Grant ($1,600) (2014)

UQ Dean’s Commendation of High Achievement (2010-2011)

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Teaching experience

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Associate Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA) (2018-)

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Lecturer (2022-)

Research School of Biology, The Australian National University 

BIOL3125/BIOL6125 (Undergraduate/Masters) - Plants and Global Climate Change, 2022, 2023

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Demonstrator (2018-)

Research School of Biology, The Australian National University 

BIOL2203 (Undergraduate): Field Studies in Functional Ecology, 2018, 2021

BIOL3303 (Undergraduate): Advanced Field Studies in Functional Ecology, 2018, 2021

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Demonstrator/Tutor (2014-2016)

School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland 

BIOL1100 (Undergraduate): Evolutionary Perspectives on Modern Society (2015-2016)

BIOL2006 (Undergraduate): Biostatistics and Experimental Design (2014-2016)

BIOL3207 (Undergraduate): Animal Behaviour (2016)

CONS7008 (Masters): Sampling Design and Analysis in Conservation Science (2014-2016)

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Professional service contributions

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Peer reviewer for

Nature Communications, Ecology Letters, New Phytologist, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Ecology, Functional Ecology, Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences , Frontiers in Microbiology, Evolutionary Applications, Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Annals of Botany, The American Naturalist, Evolution, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Oikos, Frontiers in Genetics, Journal of Experimental Biology, Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology, Plos One, Ecology and Evolution, Integrative and Comparative Biology, PeerJ, Journal of Insect Physiology, Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Journal of Stored Products Research, Evolutionary Ecology, Ecological Research, Annals of the Entomological Society of America, Acta Zoologica, Behaviour, Plant-Environment Interactions.

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Co-ordinator for HDR Mentorship Program (2021-2022)

Research School of Biology, The Australian National University 

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Judge of student presentations

The University of Queensland Undergraduate Research Conference (2016)

The Australian National University Research School of Biology HDR Conference (2019)

 Australian and New Zealand Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry Conference (2022)

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Conference organisation

Conference co-organiser, Australian and New Zealand Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry Conference (2022)

Conference co-organiser, Research School of Biology EMCR Conference (2019)

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Conference contributions

Invited speaker

Ecological Society of Australia Conference Postgraduate Workshop (2020)

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Poster presentations

Arnold, P.A., Gowland, K.M. & Nicotra, A.B. (2019) Refining the measurement of critical thermal limits of leaves by chlorophyll fluorescence. Ecological Society of Australia, Launceston, TAS, Australia

 

Arnold, P.A., Thompson, R., Venn, S.E. Nicotra, A.B. (2022) Short-term heat stress and water limitation at flowering does not affect long-term fitness in Wahlenbergia ceracea. (i) Australian and New Zealand Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, Canberra, ACT, Australia and (ii) Ecological Society of Australia, Wollongong, NSW, Australia

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Oral presentations

Arnold, P.A., Wang, S., Catling, A.A., Kruuk, L.E.B. and Nicotra, A.B. (2020) Shapes of thermal plasticity vary among trait types in an alpine plant. Ecological Society of Australia, virtual conference

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Arnold, P.A., Catling, A.A., Kruuk, L.E.B. & Nicotra, A.B. (2018) Analysing plant phenotypic plasticity in response to heat and cold using random regressions. Australian and New Zealand Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, Melbourne, VIC, Australia 

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Arnold, P.A., Kruuk, L.E.B. & Nicotra, A.B. (2018) Characterising plasticity in response to a changing climate. Early and Mid-Career Researchers Future Conference, ACT, Australia

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Arnold, P.A., Cassey, P. & White, C.R. (2017) Experimental evolution of dispersal-related traits in a model insect: morphological, physiological, and behavioural responses to spatial selection. Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology, New Orleans, LA, USA

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Arnold, P.A., Cassey, P. & White, C.R. (2016) Experimental evolution of dispersal-related traits in a model insect: morphological, physiological, and behavioural responses to spatial selection. Australian and New Zealand Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, Hawksbury, NSW, Australia

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Arnold, P.A. & White, C.R. (2016) Is metabolism related to fitness? School of Biological Sciences Postgraduate Society, North Stradbroke Island, QLD, Australia

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Arnold, P.A., Cassey, P. & White, C.R. (2014) Physiology, behaviour and movement: trait correlations and dynamics during the life of adult red flour beetles, Tribolium castaneum. Australian and New Zealand Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, Armidale, NSW, Australia

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Arnold, P.A., Cassey, P. & White, C.R. (2014) Physiological trait dynamics during the life of adult red flour beetles, Tribolium castaneum. Society of Experimental Biology, Manchester, UK

 

Arnold, P.A., Johnson, K.N. & White, C.R. (2012) Physiological, metabolic and behavioural consequences of viral infection in Drosophila melanogaster. School of Biological Sciences Postgraduate Society, Alexandra Headland, QLD, Australia

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Chairing sessions

Session chair, Australasian Evolutionary Society Conference (2022)​

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Session chair, Ecological Society of Australia Conference (2020)​

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Ecology & Evolution, The Australian National University Research School of Biology HDR Conference (2018, 2019)

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Session chair, Australian and New Zealand Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry Conference, (2018)

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Current employment

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