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Carmen Dasilva is a Research Fellow at Macquarie University's School of Natural Sciences. She previously held a Research Fellow position at Monash University (2020-2022). Her primary research focuses on evolutionary physiology, specifically organismal and ecosystem resilience to climate change, with an emphasis on insect pollinators like bees and butterflies. She investigates how these species adapt to climate shifts through evolution, plasticity, and range shifts, and how such changes impact ecosystem function.
Education: PhD in Biological Sciences from The University of Queensland (2015–2019), specializing in thermal adaptation in intertidal gobies. Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Biological Sciences from Flinders University (2011–2014).
Research Interests: Climate change impacts on pollinators, thermal physiology, ecological vulnerability, and biodiversity conservation. She leads projects such as 'Before the brink: sublethal effects of climate warming on native bee ecology' (2024–2027) and collaborates on studies like 'Understanding the diversity and virulence of common virus pathogens in Australian honeybees' (2023–2024).
Her publications emphasize climate adaptation in insects, physiological constraints on species distribution, and the ecological consequences of climate shifts. Key themes include thermal tolerance, evolutionary rates, and ecosystem resilience.
Grants/Projects: Active funding includes a 2024–2027 project on native bee ecology and a 2023–2024 study on honeybee pathogens. Her work bridges lab-based physiology with field ecology, addressing both applied and theoretical questions in climate biology.
