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Maximillian Tercel

Dr Maximillian Tercel

Research student

School of Biosciences

Overview

I'm an entomologist using DNA metabarcoding techniques to reveal how invasive ants fit into ecological communities. We can use these powerful molecular methods as tools to inform conservation and show fundamental ecological and evolutionary principles working in reality.

Though I've studied and worked on many different invertebrate groups, I specialise in ants. These social insects are integral to tropical ecosystems, have a vast diversity of forms, and the most complex societies of any organism other than humans. Not only that, but they fulfill a myriad of different ecological roles, from soil-movers, to predators, parasites, granivores and fungus-farmers. 

I earned my BSc (Hons.) in Zoology from Bangor University and then went on to study for my MSc in Entomology at Harper Adams University.

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2024

2023

2022

2021

2018

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Research

Thesis

ALIEN ANTS: INVADERS OF A TROPICAL ISLAND FOOD WEB IN THE INDIAN OCEAN