Kirra McLeod
Research Department Life Science Systems
Technische Universität München
Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2
D-85354 Freising-Weihenstephan
Room: 1.2.1.7
Email: kirra.mcleod@tum.de
Research interest
- Community Ecology
- Pollination Ecology
- Network Ecology
- Tropical Ecology
My research interests lie in community ecology, with a focus on plant-insect interaction networks.
My PhD project aims to investigate how pollination networks recover across a chronosequence in the Ecuadorian Chocó, by considering flower and pollinator functional traits, as well as floral resource density. This work is a part of the Reassembly Research Unit.
Curriculum Vitae
| 03/2026-present | PhD candidate, Plant-Insect-Interactions, Wissenschaftszentrum Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich, Germany |
| 10/2023-01/2026 | Master of Science in Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany |
| 02/2018-11/2021 | Bachelor of Economics/Bachelor of Ecology, University of Queensland, Australia |
Publications
Joachim W. Kadereit, Kirra McLeod, Audie M. Putra, Gudrun Kadereit, Diego F. Morales-Briones. 2026. Incomplete climate-driven peripatric speciation in Moehringia sect. Moehringia (Caryophyllaceae) in the European Alps. American Journal of Botany 113: e70252. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.70252