ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY — PI

My main interests lie in the interface between behavioural and evolutionary ecology. I am particularly interested in different aspects of communication, animal colouration, predator-prey interactions, aggression, parental care, and life history trade-offs. Thus far, I have been using poison frogs, wood tiger moths, and blue and great tits as study systems. Currently, my primary interests are focused on the effects of anthropogenic activities such as habitat alteration and contamination on the life history, health and behaviour of amphibians, in particular poison frogs and fire salamanders. However, I keenly keep doing research on the evolution of multimodal warning signals both in moths and frogs.

Prior to taking up my current position in Vienna, I was a postdoctoral researcher at the Ecology & Evolution of Interactions Research Group, led by Prof. Johanna Mappes, where I studied different aspects of the anti-predator defences of the aposematic wood tiger moth, Arctia plantaginis. Before that, I did my doctoral studies under the supervision of Prof. John Endler, starting at the Centre for Research in Animal Behaviour, University of Exeter (UK) and finishing at the Centre for Integrative Ecology, Deakin University (Australia). My PhD research focused on understanding the apparent paradox of colour pattern variation in an aposematic species (see full CV here).

Here’s my Google Scholar profile

ORCID: 0020-4435-6914