Kumari Riya Pati

PhD candidate at @EdinburghUni @DarwinTrustOfEd studying environmental effects on ageing in burying beetles. (she/her) 🐞

[Kumari Riya Pati @kumaririyapati]

What a brilliant start of a day in the Ecology X Evolution 2026 conference at Cornwall by @UniofExeter. All about Ageing - with the best plenary speaker our own Prof. Dan Nussey . #ecologyandevolution

[Kumari Riya Pati @kumaririyapati]

What a brilliant start #insectweek evening at the @TheBotanics for Bugs of the Night with @NtlMuseumsScot and the @RoyEntSoc. I loved chatting with people about nocturnal insects, especially moths and carrion beetles, and hearing their curiosity.
#InsectWeek #Scienceoutreach

[Kumari Riya Pati @kumaririyapati]

Mind-blowing Verrall Lecture 2026 by Prof Stanislav Gorb at @RoyEntSoc , an amazing evening in Imperial College London! 🪲🔬 Hairy pads, spatulae adhesion forces, biomimetic fly-on-ceiling tech: insect surfaces revolutionizing robotics & materials. Nature's genius! #Entomology

[Kumari Riya Pati @kumaririyapati]

Excited to present at the @BritishEcolSoc conference 2025 tomorrow!
🐞 Understanding ageing for competitive ability in burying beetle
📅 Tue 16 Dec | 🕕 6:00–7:30 PM

Come along, say hi, and bring your questions—would love your thoughts! #BES2025 #Ecology #Evolution

[Kumari Riya Pati @kumaririyapati]

What a fantastic day sharing my public engagement experience at the @RoyEntSoc SIG Outreach meeting yesterday. #outreach #buryingbeetles #publicengagement

[Kumari Riya Pati @kumaririyapati]

All about yesterday- thrilled to receive the PGR Impact award at the @SBSatEd symposium 2025! Huge thanks to the public engagement team for the incredible support throughout my journey, we made science accessible and exciting. #publicEngagement #researchoutreach

[Kumari Riya Pati @kumaririyapati]

First day - first conference talk of this year! What an amazing day at @DarwinTrustOfEd symposium 2025 sharing about my super heroes #Buryingbeetles 🐞.

[Kumari Riya Pati @kumaririyapati]

What an incredible experience leading my interactive Burying Beetle workshop at @EdSciFest 2025. All about sharing hands-on science, real research techniques with curious minds. Huge thanks to @SBSatEd team and ESF for this amazing platform to connect & inspire. #spaceshipearth

[Kumari Riya Pati @kumaririyapati]

Excited to share the fascinating world of #BuryingBeetles at tomorrow's #ScienceFestival2025 🐞Let's ignite curiosity together!

[Kumari Riya Pati @kumaririyapati]

Recent talk engaging young minds with the wonders of the insect world : sparks curiosity and fosters a lifelong love for science. 🐞🔬 #ScienceEducation #Publicengagement #InsectExploration #CuriosityInChildren

[Kumari Riya Pati @kumaririyapati]

@flymepegasus Staff checked my e-visa & passport, then denied boarding despite valid docs! Customer service helpless over phone, guest relations say visa isn't their business. Two-faced system? Checking docs but no responsibility? Unacceptable! #PegasusAirlines #PatheticService

[Kumari Riya Pati @kumaririyapati]

@flymepegasus denied boarding despite valid e-visa. Staff misunderstood @UKVIgovuk system. Guest-Relations claims visa isn't their concern, yet refused me? @emirates accepted same docs same day. Is it a joke? Unprofessional! Full refund demanded. #PegasusAirlines #PatheticService

[Kumari Riya Pati @kumaririyapati]

@UKHomeOffice, @UKVIgovuk why aren't airlines properly informed about the new digital BRP system? #DeniedBoarding #evisa

[Kumari Riya Pati @kumaririyapati]

@flymepegasus I’m appalled by how your staff treated me on 27th Nov at Edinburgh Airport. I was denied boarding to Dubai despite having valid documents & my electronic BRP/visa. Another airline accepted the same docs on same day! #DeniedBoarding #CustomerService #evisa

[Kumari Riya Pati @kumaririyapati]

Does timing matter for caterpillars? What a fantastic talk listening @Jamie_C_Weir from @SBSatEd sharing phenological synchrony and mismatch between 🐛--🌳🌲. @RoyEntSoc #Ento24

[Kumari Riya Pati @kumaririyapati]

Nice talk and sharing advance monitoring for biodiversity in data -spare regions by Dylan Carbone @RoyEntSoc #Ento24

[Kumari Riya Pati @kumaririyapati]

Day 2 #ENTO24 and these hand-drawn beetle fingerprints got into attention at #entofashion @RoyEntSoc

#buryingbeetles

[Jamie C. Weir @Jamie_C_Weir]

Perhaps the best version of this joke so far at the @RoyEntSoc annual conference #Ento24, in Liverpool...

[Jamie C. Weir @Jamie_C_Weir]

Excellent, elegant experimental design and brilliant talk from @pollinatorpal, showing that cuckoo #bumblebees can use scent to find target colonies to parasitise! 🐝

Ought to be used as model experiments for undergraduate students!

@RoyEntSoc #Ento24

[Jamie C. Weir @Jamie_C_Weir]

Very interesting talk on the plasticity of ageing by fellow @SBSatEd researcher @kumaririyapati, featuring brutal scenes of beetle combat... 🪲💥🪲

Nicrophorus vespilloides extremely popular in the evolution session today at @RoyEntSoc #Ento24