People
People in the Lab
We are an active research group comprising post-doctoral research fellows, PhD candidates, Masters of Psychology students, Honours of Psychology students, Research Assistants, and a Lab Manager.
- Dr Khandis Blake
Director of Lab
Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences
+61 3 9035 5733
- Sylvia Harmon-Jones
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Economic inequality, romantic and childhood attachment, early life adversity, and development
- Auguste Harrington
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Masculinity
- Jacob Kuek
Laboratory Manager
- Lindsie Arthur
PhD Candidate
Hormonal contraceptives, menstrual cycle, female competitiveness, status seeking
- Tomas Cartmill
PhD Candidate
Radical extremism, deradicalization, political ideology, emotions
- Macken Murphy
PhD Candidate
Mating behaviour, mate value, inequality, infidelity
- Wahidah Pan
PhD Candidate
Beauty, physical attractiveness, self-objectification, status seeking
- Mark Leak
Honours Candidate 2023
Intimate partner violence, attachment theory, romantic relationship dynamics, personality and social psychology
- Ash Neilson
Honours Candidate 2023
Masculinity, behaviour change implementation, emotional repression, heteronormativity
- Kabir Manandhar Shrestha
Research Data Specialist (MDAP)
Natural language processing, machine learning, artificial intelligence, cloud computing
- Claire Lin
Research Intern
- Meila Wong
Research Intern
Gender and sexuality norms
- Alsa Wu
Research Intern
Interpersonal influences, menstrual cycle, sex hormones
Other Members
- Sulaman Sarwar, Masters Student
Lu Korth, Research Intern
Michelle Li, Research Intern
Join the Lab
If our research interests you, don’t be afraid to reach out and see if you might join our lab. We are always looking for colleagues with similar interests, and students who want to gain more experience in these topics.Twice a year, we recruit research interns to gain more experience in conducting research. Typically, there are only a small number of these positions, and we preference students with at least third or fourth year training in psychology or related fields. If you are interested, please send a recent CV and transcript to the Evolution Lab Director, Dr Khandis Blake (khandis.blake@unimelb.edu.au).If you are interested in completing a PhD in the Evolution Lab, please send a recent CV, transcript and writing sample to the Evolution Lab Director, Dr Khandis Blake. Also ensure you let Dr Blake know what your research interests are.
Collaborators
Dr Gulnaz Anjum, Institute of Business Administration, Pakistan
Dr Ruben Arslan, University of Leipzig
Dr Brock Bastian, University of Melbourne
Dr Rob Brooks, University of New South Wales, Sydney
Dr Kathleen Casto, Kent State University
Dr Thomas Denson, University of New South Wales, Sydney
Dr Barnaby Dixson, University of the Sunshine Coast
Dr Steven Gangestad, University of New Mexico
Dr Scott Griffiths, University of Melbourne
Dr Michael Kasumovic, University of New South Wales, Sydney
Dr Isabel Krug, University of Melbourne
Dr Siobhan O’Dean, University of Sydney
Dr Tania Reynolds, The University of New Mexico
Dr Julia Stern, University of Bremen
Dr Stephen Whyte, Queensland University of Technology