Universität Bern
Eawag

Theoretical evolutionary ecosystem ecology

This is a lab with the common thread of formalizing and testing models to advance ecology and evolution driven by the current massive amount of data collection and storage.

Research questions generally focus in the integration of highly heterogeneous data at different biological levels and spatial scales using mainly stochastic modeling.
One major focus of our current research is the development and test of ecological and evolutionary network models using fossil, historical and contemporary data.

Our 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.


Please contact Carlos Melian if you are interested in joining us.

Submitted projects

  • Melián, C. J., and Seehausen, O. (To Submit by September 2012). A framework for individual-based population models to study evolutionary radiations and the formation of biodiversity patterns. Microsoft Research PhD Scholarship.
  • Pomati, F., and Melián, C. J. (April 2012). An individual-level approach to disentangle niches, drift and dispersal in phytoplankton metacommunity dynamics. Biology and medicine, Swiss National Science Foundation.
  • Melián, C. J. (April 2012). A theory for next-generation food web data.  Biology and medicine, Swiss National Science Foundation.

Team