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Bioinorganic Chemistry of Aluminium & Silicon
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Ian Stokes
About Me:
I graduated from Keele University in 2011 with a 2:1 honours degree in biology with physical geography. Much of my undergraduate work was centered in the field of parasitology, including both of my final year projects.
For the experimental project, I studied at Universiti Sans Malaysia for 3 months to perform lab work, looking at the relationship between cockroach ootheca age and the ovipositional behaviour of the parasitoid wasp, Aprostocetus hagenowii.
My dissertation was looking into the coevolution of parasites and their hosts, although this area is obviously too vast to be covered in one undergraduate dissertation. I focused my efforts on trying to understand both the inception of parasitism as a method of survival and the complex evolutionary arms race between host and parasite.
I am currently studying for a PhD under Christopher Exley, to elucidate the mechanisms behind biosilification in biota. This study will focus on plants, with Oryza sativa (Rice) and Equisetum arvense (Horsetail) as my subjects so to speak. The aims of this project are to understand how silicon interacts with the plant, from its entry in through the roots to its deposition within the plant structure and all stages in between.
Feel free to contact me on the email address below if you have any queries.
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