Tegan gaetano (she/her/hers)
I joined the FABLab in autumn 2022 as a QUADRAT doctoral training partnership (DTP) student. I am broadly interested in the evolution and biology of plant-pollinator interactions, particularly among the Hymenoptera (bees, ants, wasps). My research addresses the chemical ecology of plant-pollinator networks in coastal ecosystems with a special focus on the environmental availability and use of micronutrient resources by endangered communities of bumblebees inhabiting Scottish machair. I am also interested in the application of population genomics approaches to resolve questions of gene flow and local adaptation among (isolated?) island populations.
Learn more about my work here.
Find me on X/Twitter at @tegangaetano
Contact details: t.gaetano.22@abdn.ac.uk
Education
M.S. 2012, Anthropology, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, U.S.A. Supervisor: Dr Trudy Turner.
B.A. 2009, Anthropology, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, U.S.A.