My research interests broadly span the interface between animal behaviour and plasticity’s role in evolution. In particular, I am interested in the causes and consequences of behavioural plasticity, its influence on evolutionary patterns and the underlying processes by which life experiences results in behavioural phenotypes.

I use an excellent model of plasticity and evolution, the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus), to investigate outstanding questions in this field.

Why does variation among individuals in performance on cognitive tasks exist and how is it maintained?

My research on cognitive evolution has focused on different sources of selection includying the early environment and sexual selection.

Aditionally, I am very interesting in many different topics within the evolutionary ecology and behavioural ecology in general.