COMMUNITY ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION
Our lab studies the mechanisms that shape ecological communities. We use theory-driven experiments to understand how species interact and grow in communities, using marine microbes as model systems. By combining ecological, evolutionary, and physiological approaches we aim to figure out the forces that shape how communities form, function, and evolve.
See our Research page for a more detailed description.
In September 2025, we moved to the School of Biological Sciences at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. We will keep a presence at the Gulbenkian Institute in Lisbon for the next couple of years to finish current projects but we are only recruiting at Monash University. See the Join us page for more info.
See our Research page for a more detailed description.
In September 2025, we moved to the School of Biological Sciences at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. We will keep a presence at the Gulbenkian Institute in Lisbon for the next couple of years to finish current projects but we are only recruiting at Monash University. See the Join us page for more info.
The 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 2026
Welcome to our first lab members at Monash University: Olivia started her Honours project and Monique will join the lab later in 2026 for the Research in Action Research project.
February 2026
Giulia started teaching the Marine Biology unit BIO 3021 (3rd year, undergrad) in the School of Biological Sciences at Monash University.
December 2025
Anna Lena (postdoc) presents her work on community stability at the BES annual meeting in Edinburgh (Dec) in the thematic session "Insurance in ecosystems: exploring the role of response diversity across scales". Don't miss it!
October & November 2025
Giulia presents at the Australasian Evolution Conference in Brisbane (Oct) and at the ESA conference in Adelaide (Nov).
September 2025
The lab officially started at Monash University!
July 2025
Charlotte and Aurora's paper on how evolution with competitors affects community assembly and productivity has been published in Proceedings B! Find it here https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2025.1146
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.
Welcome to our first lab members at Monash University: Olivia started her Honours project and Monique will join the lab later in 2026 for the Research in Action Research project.
February 2026
Giulia started teaching the Marine Biology unit BIO 3021 (3rd year, undergrad) in the School of Biological Sciences at Monash University.
December 2025
Anna Lena (postdoc) presents her work on community stability at the BES annual meeting in Edinburgh (Dec) in the thematic session "Insurance in ecosystems: exploring the role of response diversity across scales". Don't miss it!
October & November 2025
Giulia presents at the Australasian Evolution Conference in Brisbane (Oct) and at the ESA conference in Adelaide (Nov).
September 2025
The lab officially started at Monash University!
July 2025
Charlotte and Aurora's paper on how evolution with competitors affects community assembly and productivity has been published in Proceedings B! Find it here https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2025.1146
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.
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