Everyone from our lab group is more or less aware of my fascination with butterflies, and whenever they find any interesting information about butterflies, share with me. Last week, I received a Facebook message from Scott Spillias, an MS student of the Fuller Lab, mentioning the information of two local butterfly experts, Frank Jordan and … Continue reading A Nature walk to the Moggill Regional Park
Author: shawanchowdhury
Fuller Lab Retreat 2018
Every year, ‘Fuller Lab’ spends quality time on a beach or a national park to develop a friendly relationship between lab members including the Professor himself! Although after starting the commencement at the UQ my conception on world-class researchers has changed markedly, as being grown up in a professor-student unhealthy environment, I was a bit … Continue reading Fuller Lab Retreat 2018
Global Assessments of Birdwing Butterflies
It was three years ago when I was selected to participate in the 'IUCN Red List Assessor Training Workshop'. The workshop was organized by IUCN and participants included freshly graduated ecologists and conservationists from three Asian countries. It was a turning moment in my life as I got a chance to meet Monika Böhm, who … Continue reading Global Assessments of Birdwing Butterflies
Species Distribution Modelling Using R
As a part of my PhD. I am working on migratory butterflies and their conservation, and the distribution shift is an essential part of my research. For this reason, my supervisor (Professor Richard Fuller) sent me to attend a four-day workshop on the ‘Species Distribution Modelling Using R’ at Newcastle, NSW. As a whole, there … Continue reading Species Distribution Modelling Using R


