Department Fish Ecology and Evolution

Theory in Biology, Ecology and Evolution

This is a lab with the common thread of formalizing and testing models to advance synthesis in ecology and evolution driven by the current massive amount of data collection and storage.
Research questions focus on the integration of highly heterogeneous data to understand biodiversity organizational scale in dynamic landscapes using mainly stochastic modelling.
One major focus of our current research is the development and test of ecological and evolutionary models combining historical and contemporary data.

The final dream is to unify the fascinating details of biological systems in a general and testable framework. Students interested in developing and testing theory should have a burning interest in the origin, evolution and coexistence of diversity in ecosystems.
 

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Current projects

Tropical Reef. Credit Conor Waldock
Simulating the roles of dispersal, thermal tolerance, and adaptive potential in tropical reef fish responses to climate change
Combining high-resolution individual-based data with food web models to improve our understanding of diversity

Team

Past lab members

Postdocs

  • Leonardo Aguirre

  • Cecilia Andreazzi

  • Julia Astegiano

  • Catalina Chaparro

  • Gregor Kalinkat

  • Thomas Keggin

  • Jan Klecka

  • Ayana Martins

  • Gian Marco Palamara

  • Josephine Rodriguez

  • Charles N. de Santana

  • Mihir Umarani

  • Penjuan Zu

PhD Students

  • Raíssa Fernandez
  • Eros Geppi

Masterstudents

  • Juliette Surjus