Lorenzo Fant

My main research interest is the modelling of fundamental community processes, following both theory and data driven approaches. I usually consider eco-evolutionary phenomena, where the timescales of ecology and evolution are similar enough for these processes to mutually affect each other. I try to identify the relevant degrees of freedom and features to describe complex ecological and evolutionary processes, justifying the emergence of observed behaviours and patterns. I am mainly focusing on two aspects of ecology and evolution: the characterization of the stable state of ecological communities at evolutionary equilibrium and, on the other hand, the effects of stochasticity on the evolution of individual traits.