Theoretical Evolutionary Ecology Lab
Welcome to the website of the Theoretical Evolutionary Ecology lab of the Department of Ecology and Evolution at the University of Lausanne.
Our lab is broadly interested in the evolutionary origin and maintenance of trait diversity within populations. We develop and analyse mathematical models to generate general and testable predictions about the ecological conditions that favour differences between individuals and about the genetic basis of such differences.
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Summer school in Modelling Evolutionary processes 2025
We were delighted to welcome 25 international PhD students and postdocs to Lausanne for an intensive week of teaching and projects in evolutionary modelling.
Sep 24, 2025
Group attended ESEB 2025 in Barcelona
Our group attended ESEB in Barcelona. Ewan, Thomas, Iris, Ritam and Julie had posters, while Malvika had a talk.
Aug 29, 2025
Iris successfully defended her PhD
Congratulations to Dr. Iris Prigent on the successful public defense of her PhD last Friday, May 16th. Her thesis is titled “Trait variation under limited dispersal: the role of kin s...
May 20, 2025
We're hosting a summer school at UNIL
Registration is now open for the UNIL Summer School on Modelling for Evolutionary Biology, to be held in Lausanne from 1 to 6 September 2025.
May 12, 2025
Recent Publications
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Plastic germination, temporal niche partitioning, and emergent assortative mating in annual plants
By Max Schmid, Katja Tielbörger, Amaël Daval and Charles Mullon -
The evolution of local adaptation in long-lived species
By Loraine Hablützel, Charles Mullon and Max Schmid -
The evolution of tandem repeat sequences under partial selfing and different modes of selection
By Vitor Sudbrack and Charles Mullon -
Ecological inheritance facilitates the coexistence of environmental helpers and free-riders
By Iris Prigent and Charles Mullon -
Evolution of quantitative traits: exploring the ecological, social and genetic bases of adaptive polymorphism
By Laurent Lehmann and Charles Mullon
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