Exciting lab news!
In September 2025, the lab will move to the School of Biological Sciences at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. We will keep a presence at the Gulbenkian Institute for the next couple of years to finish current projects.
Are you thinking about a PhD? Are you interested in the study of eco-evolutionary dynamics in communities? Giulia is recruiting PhD students at Monash University. If you are keen in discussing a project and applications for PhD fellowships, contact her at [email protected]; please attach your CV and 1 page motivation letter.
In September 2025, the lab will move to the School of Biological Sciences at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. We will keep a presence at the Gulbenkian Institute for the next couple of years to finish current projects.
Are you thinking about a PhD? Are you interested in the study of eco-evolutionary dynamics in communities? Giulia is recruiting PhD students at Monash University. If you are keen in discussing a project and applications for PhD fellowships, contact her at [email protected]; please attach your CV and 1 page motivation letter.
What do we do?
We study how ecological communities form and function. Specifically, we try to understand how species interactions and environmental conditions influence energy use and growth at different biological scales. This is not only conceptually interesting to understand the world around us, but also important to anticipate how ecosystem functions and services will respond to environmental changes.
We often combine approaches from ecology, physiology, and experimental evolution using marine phytoplankton as a model system. Our goal is to identify the mechanisms that regulate organismal metabolism and understand how changes in energy use at the individual-level affect community properties.
Visit our Research page for more info!
We study how ecological communities form and function. Specifically, we try to understand how species interactions and environmental conditions influence energy use and growth at different biological scales. This is not only conceptually interesting to understand the world around us, but also important to anticipate how ecosystem functions and services will respond to environmental changes.
We often combine approaches from ecology, physiology, and experimental evolution using marine phytoplankton as a model system. Our goal is to identify the mechanisms that regulate organismal metabolism and understand how changes in energy use at the individual-level affect community properties.
Visit our Research page for more info!
The Functional Ecology lab in September 2024.
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One of our study species, the microalga Dunaliella tertiolecta. Credit: Moritz Klaassen (2023).
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NEWS
March 2025
Daniela is presenting the first results of her PhD at the Marine Microbial Chemical Communication conference in the Netherlands.
Giulia is giving a talk at the IGB Institute of Freshwater Ecology in Berlin.
February 2025
Simas Jasiunas joins the lab for a master internship!
Charlotte's paper testing how species evolve in response to competition has been accepted in Ecology & Evolution (Briddon et al. 2025) - graphical abstract below.
Daniela is presenting the first results of her PhD at the Marine Microbial Chemical Communication conference in the Netherlands.
Giulia is giving a talk at the IGB Institute of Freshwater Ecology in Berlin.
February 2025
Simas Jasiunas joins the lab for a master internship!
Charlotte's paper testing how species evolve in response to competition has been accepted in Ecology & Evolution (Briddon et al. 2025) - graphical abstract below.
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