Staff members with discipline Evolutionary Biology
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Simulation models & programming (C/C++, NetLogo)
Web & wiki development & maintenance
GELIFES datasteward
GELIFES Pure coordinator




























- life history trade-offs
- immunosenescence
- ecoimmunology










Community phylogenetics, phylogenetic community ecology, diversification models, experimental evolution




Population genetics
Molecular evolution




















Early-life environment, social stress and individual behaviour
Physiology of life histories and senescence
Fitness consequences and heritability of life-history decisions
Conserving threatened species
























Key words: adaptive divergence, biogeography, biodiversity, (co-)evolution, coral reefs, (co-)speciation, Crustacea, genetics, host specificity, human impact, marine invertebrates, Mollusca, morphology, phylogeny reconstruction, phylogeography, Scleractinia, systematics, taxonomy










Seagrasses, marine algae


wintering ecology of Afro-palearctic migrants


Molecular ecology,
Marine mammals






Pest managment
Micro-wasp chronobiology






















Ageing
Telomeres
DNA methylation
Urban ecology


Python programming
Bioinformatics
Epigenetics












We study these eco-evolutionary processes using molecular biological tools, by performing phenotypic and growth measurements, and modeling.
By unveiling the fundamental ecological and evolutionary microbial processes in infectious disease, we hope to improve and contribute to strategies that can alleviate infectious diseases and limit the spread of antibiotic resistance.








Host-parasite interactions
Innate immunity in insects









