1998 - present : Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Molecular Ecology & Evolution, Queen Mary, University of London.
1990-1998: Post-doctoral Research Scientist then Research Fellow at the Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London.
1987-1990: PhD "Social Suppression of Reproduction in The Naked Mole-Rat, Heterocephalus glaber". Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London/University College London.
1984-1987: Research Project Leader, Dalgety UK Ltd.
Teaching home page (Mammals & Evolution)
African mole-rats: Ecology and Eusociality now available in paperback. Link to Amazon / Cambridge University Press
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1. The evolution of social and taxonomic diversity in the African mole-rats, Family Bathyergidae (In collaboration with Professor J.U.M. Jarvis, Unversity of Cape Town & Professor N.C. Bennett, University of Pretoria).
2. Genetic studies of wild common marmoset monkeys (In collaboration with Dr Hiliary Box, University of Reading, Dr M.F. Arruda and Professor M.E. Yamamoto, University of Natal, Brazil; Dr M.A.O. Da Cruz, Rural University of Pernambuco, Brazil).
3. Neurobiology of social behaviour (In collaboration with Professor Clive Coen, King's College London).
4. Molecular ecology of Round Island petrels (In collaboration with Professor Richard Nichols and Ruth Brown (PhD student), QMUL, Dr Carl Jones and Vikash Tatayah (Fauna Manager and PhD student), Mauritius Wildlife Foundation, and Dr Bill Jordan, Zoological Society of London.5. Molecular ecology of UK small mammals (With Professor John Gurnell, QMUL).
6. Molecular ecology of bats (With Dr Steve Rossiter, QMUL).
Contact Chris Faulkes:
School of Biological Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK. Tel. 020-7882 3018; Fax 020-8882 0973; e-mail c.g.faulkes@qmul.ac.uk.