My name is Aiden Reason, I am a current Masters student and teaching assistant at the School of Biological Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington (VUW), New Zealand. My education background includes a Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts (2019; Massey University) and a Graduate Diploma in Biological Sciences (2020; VUW). My work experience includes conducting biosecurity surveys, assisting in various field-based research projects, and undergraduate teaching. The subject of my current research is invasive social wasps, their pathogens and ecological impacts, as a part of my broader research interest in invertebrate ecology and biodiversity. I am a current member of the Entomological Society of New Zealand.