Aadhi Ramkumar
@hasbeanbeetle.bsky.social
PhD @ The University of Western Australia (UWA) | Centre for Evolutionary Biology (CEB) | Peer Supporter @ The Living Room, UWA |
Investigating ornamentation in the 🫘cowpea weevil (Callosobruchus maculatus)🫘
Living and working on Whadjuk Noongar Boodja
Investigating ornamentation in the 🫘cowpea weevil (Callosobruchus maculatus)🫘
Living and working on Whadjuk Noongar Boodja
Quick fire big bean updates from the past few months:
1. Began demonstrating labs and running tutorials at UWA! Helping students in the same place I was 5 years ago has been extremely humbling and rewarding.
2. Proposal completed - I am now 0.5% closer to achieving my dreams of obtaining a PhD.
1. Began demonstrating labs and running tutorials at UWA! Helping students in the same place I was 5 years ago has been extremely humbling and rewarding.
2. Proposal completed - I am now 0.5% closer to achieving my dreams of obtaining a PhD.
October 3, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Quick fire big bean updates from the past few months:
1. Began demonstrating labs and running tutorials at UWA! Helping students in the same place I was 5 years ago has been extremely humbling and rewarding.
2. Proposal completed - I am now 0.5% closer to achieving my dreams of obtaining a PhD.
1. Began demonstrating labs and running tutorials at UWA! Helping students in the same place I was 5 years ago has been extremely humbling and rewarding.
2. Proposal completed - I am now 0.5% closer to achieving my dreams of obtaining a PhD.
Reposted by Aadhi Ramkumar
Great flash talk by Jackson Randell at #AES2025! @ceb-uwa.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Great flash talk by Jackson Randell at #AES2025! @ceb-uwa.bsky.social
Reposted by Aadhi Ramkumar
Great talk by Kim Wong at #AES2025 … this talk never gets old! @brainiants.bsky.social @ceb-uwa.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Great talk by Kim Wong at #AES2025 … this talk never gets old! @brainiants.bsky.social @ceb-uwa.bsky.social
Reposted by Aadhi Ramkumar
Avantika Sharma showcasing her plans for her PhD on intrasexual selection in magpies at #AES2025. Great work Avantika! @mandyridley.bsky.social @ceb-uwa.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Avantika Sharma showcasing her plans for her PhD on intrasexual selection in magpies at #AES2025. Great work Avantika! @mandyridley.bsky.social @ceb-uwa.bsky.social
Reposted by Aadhi Ramkumar
Who doesn’t enjoy a good animal behaviour video at #AES2025? Andrea Piccinini surely had captured our attention by presenting his work on post-copulatory mating behaviour in mygalomorph spiders 🕷️ @austevolsoc.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Who doesn’t enjoy a good animal behaviour video at #AES2025? Andrea Piccinini surely had captured our attention by presenting his work on post-copulatory mating behaviour in mygalomorph spiders 🕷️ @austevolsoc.bsky.social
Reposted by Aadhi Ramkumar
🐞 Ornaments Aren’t Just for Males 🏆
@hasbeanbeetle.bsky.social is studying female beetle ornaments, testing whether traits such as melanisation are used in mate choice, conflict, or resistance to harm — showcasing that ornaments may have functions beyond mate acquisition. 🐞👩❤️💋👨🥊 2/11
@hasbeanbeetle.bsky.social is studying female beetle ornaments, testing whether traits such as melanisation are used in mate choice, conflict, or resistance to harm — showcasing that ornaments may have functions beyond mate acquisition. 🐞👩❤️💋👨🥊 2/11
September 24, 2025 at 8:51 AM
🐞 Ornaments Aren’t Just for Males 🏆
@hasbeanbeetle.bsky.social is studying female beetle ornaments, testing whether traits such as melanisation are used in mate choice, conflict, or resistance to harm — showcasing that ornaments may have functions beyond mate acquisition. 🐞👩❤️💋👨🥊 2/11
@hasbeanbeetle.bsky.social is studying female beetle ornaments, testing whether traits such as melanisation are used in mate choice, conflict, or resistance to harm — showcasing that ornaments may have functions beyond mate acquisition. 🐞👩❤️💋👨🥊 2/11
Presenting at the CEB ✅ Was awesome having a large and engaged crowd!
More presentations and emotional-support beetles to come.
More presentations and emotional-support beetles to come.
This afternoon, CEB talk was presented by @hasbeanbeetle.bsky.social, who is studying elytral melanisation as female ornamentation in seed beetles. The live beetle props entertained our audience! 🪲🐞
Aadhi is supervised by Dr Natasha Lebas, Assoc Profs Joe Tomkins & Jason Kennington, & Dr Rob Dugand
Aadhi is supervised by Dr Natasha Lebas, Assoc Profs Joe Tomkins & Jason Kennington, & Dr Rob Dugand
August 3, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Presenting at the CEB ✅ Was awesome having a large and engaged crowd!
More presentations and emotional-support beetles to come.
More presentations and emotional-support beetles to come.
Reposted by Aadhi Ramkumar
@brainiants.bsky.social discussed her PhD proposal this afternoon where she plans to study variation in intraspecific cognition & its relation to complex behaviors, specifically combat and group foraging in Western Australian ants. 🐜 @mandyridley.bsky.social @notthebestsam.bsky.social #LeighSimmons
May 21, 2025 at 7:08 AM
@brainiants.bsky.social discussed her PhD proposal this afternoon where she plans to study variation in intraspecific cognition & its relation to complex behaviors, specifically combat and group foraging in Western Australian ants. 🐜 @mandyridley.bsky.social @notthebestsam.bsky.social #LeighSimmons
Reposted by Aadhi Ramkumar
Darwin came to town!
@beetlebonking.bsky.social @brainiants.bsky.social @upama.bsky.social
#UWAOpenDay #EvolBio #EnvironmentalScience
@beetlebonking.bsky.social @brainiants.bsky.social @upama.bsky.social
#UWAOpenDay #EvolBio #EnvironmentalScience
March 30, 2025 at 7:02 AM