Maxim Adams is a Research Assistant in the MEEP Lab, looking at the evolutionary origins of multiple sex chromosome systems in termites. He recently completed an Honours project on the biogeography, systematics and conservation genetics of Australian Panesthia cockroaches.

A list of Maxim’s publications can be found on Google Scholar.

 
 
 


Awards and honours

  • University Medal in Biology, 2023
  • Ilma Brewer Prize for Biology Honours, 2023
  • Professor Spencer Smith-White Prize for Genetics, 2024
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    In the media

  • ‘Extinct’ wood-eating cockroach rediscovered after 80 years
  • Rare cockroach crawls back to life after 80 years living under a rock