Research
In my research, I examine the processes that drive population dynamics, structure communities and mediate biological diversity across scales. I am particularly interested in understanding the determinants of species distribution and community dynamics in human-dominated landscapes. An important focus of my work addresses the spatiotemporal component of diversity, how it affects ecosystem functioning and responds to global changes.
Visit my current project at the CESAB, LOLA-BMS with a focus on butterfly responses to global changes.
At Stockholm University, I collaborated within the Landscape Ecology Group and worked on diversity and the structure of species assemblage in semi-natural grassland. More particularly, I examined the role of habitat heterogeneity, management history, and functional connectivity.
In collaboration with Gretchen Lebuhn, I am working on developing indices to quantify pollination services, using data generated from the Great Sunflower Project, a citizen science based monitoring program involving motivated citizen across the US. This research project is part of a larger group effort, hosted by the SESYNC and aiming to improve methods for modelling insect data collected via citizen science research programs.
I attach great importance in merging empirical work with theory, using robust statistical models to test theoretical concepts and gain insights into the mechanisms shaping biodiversity. My approach combined aspects of population and community ecology, functional ecology and eco-informatics.