My research focuses on biodiversity and functioning in marine ecosystems, with particular emphasis on coastal food webs. I study how food web structure and functioning vary over time and space, how the changing environment influences the traits of species and the biodiversity of the food web and, in turn, what the consequences of changing interactions are for the functioning and staiblity of the communities. My work explores links between human society and coastal ecosystems.
Keywords: food web, functional diversity, resilience, biodiversity-ecosystem function, climate change
My main research interests are in the field of marine stress ecology and biodiversity. I study the role of phenotypic plasticity, the ecological effects of evolution, how anthropogenic changes shape communities and trophic interactions, and how biodiversity contributes to ecosystem functioning and resilience. As an experimental ecologist, I use shallow coastal habitats as my test system and conduct experiments both in the field and in the laboratory. My methods range from transcriptomics to community and ecosystem approaches. I am a scientific diver (AESD) and macroalgal enthusiast, and I find evolution fascinating.
Keywords: species interactions, functional diversity, traits, biodiversity, stress ecology
My research aims to unravel some of the complexity of species interaction networks, such as food webs, in high-latitude polar marine ecosystems. Using ecological modeling tools, I study the impacts of climate change and anthropogenic perturbations on these communities.
My current work focuses on exploring large-scale variations in food web structure and stability along environmental gradients across the Northeast Greenland continental shelf, from fjord to slope habitats.
Keywords: species interactions, food web, high-latitude marine ecosystems, climate change, anthropogenic perturbations
PhD project: A Threshold-Based Approach towards a Fit-for-Purpose Ocean Management for the Conservation of Marine Biodiversity in ABNJ