I am a research scientist specialising in evolutionary and ecological modelling, currently at The Chisholm Lab at National University of Singapore.

I am interested in ecoevolutionary models, evolution of cooperation, food webs, and dispersal.

I have just started a a project in collaboration with Hisashi Ohtsuki about the evolution of cooperation in conservation-relevant scenarios.

Toivo and me at the park in Libeň, Prague.
Toivo and me at the park in Libeň, Prague.

Previously, I have worked on nonparametric methods for estimating undetected extinctions. Before that, I was at University of Queensland, Australia, working on the Qualitative Modelling framework in the context of pest control. Before that, I was in Lund, Sweden, using adaptive dynamics to model the phenological response of migratory birds to climate change. And before that, I did a post-doc at CSIRO Entomology in Canberra, and did my PhD with Hugh Possingham at the University of Queensland. Both of these focused on complex systems, mathematical ecology and modelling.

With the Theoretical Population Ecology and Evolution Group from Lund University (left to right): Jacob Johansson, Jörgen Ripa, me, Mikael Pontarp, Per Lundberg
With the Theoretical Population Ecology and Evolution Group from Lund University (left to right): Jacob Johansson, Jörgen Ripa, me, Mikael Pontarp, Per Lundberg

I have a son, Toivo, who was born in the Czech Republic while my partner did his first post-doc there. While on an extended parenting leave I volunteered at the local rodinné centrum (family centre), I started my own Fair Trade business, volunteered to organise and run two children’s playgroups including one that served the large refugee community in Annerley/Moorooka (Junction Park Playgroup, Monday Melodies Playgroup), volunteered to organise Fair Trade events including the annual Fair Trade Christmas Market for the Qld Fair Trade Collective, and volunteered for the Stones Corner Community Kindergarten committee.

Toivo, Carlo and me celebrating Toivo's birthday.
Toivo, Carlo and me celebrating Toivo's birthday.

In my spare time I enjoy hanging out with my kid, reading genre fiction and pop-science, and listening to death metal.