Thomas Ray Haaland

I'm an evolutionary biologist, interested in how organisms around the world respond and adapt to changing living conditions.

Since May 2022 I have worked with Prof. Jane Reid at NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) on the European shag project, where I use eco-evolutionary models to study patterns of partial migration under environmental change, and more generally the quantitative genetics of discrete traits under selection.

Previously I did a postdoc at the University of Zurich, where I worked with Prof. Hanna Kokko (2019-2021) studying the evolution and consequences of facultative sex, and with Dr. Anna Lindholm (2022) on an independent Forschungskredit postdoctoral fellowship.

I completed my Ph.D. in May 2019 at at the Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics at NTNU, on bet-hedging and other adaptations to variable environments, with Dr. Irja Ratikainen and Prof. Jonathan Wright. During this time I also worked at Washington University in St. Louis for a collaboration with Dr. Carlos Botero.

Check out the Research page for more info about what I do! See the Publications page for a list of papers and preprints with links, or Outreach for some of my popular science writing. If any of this sounds exciting, I'd love for you to get in touch with me!