After completing an undergraduate degree in Mathematics, Charles obtained a PhD in evolutionary biology at University College London, looking at the evolution of sexual dimorphism. He then moved to the University of Lausanne for a postdoctoral position investigating the evolution of social polymorphism. Following a brief period in Japan as a lecturer, he returned to Lausanne in January 2020 to establish a research group as an Eccellenza Group Leader. Since 2024, he has been a professor of evolutionary ecology.

Thomas obtained his Master's degree in evolutionary ecology at the University of Lille (France), followed by a PhD in theoretical population genetics with Sylvain Billiard in the same institution. During his PhD, he used mathematical models and individual-centred simulations to study the link between life-history, mating system and mutation load in flowering plants. After defending his thesis in March 2021, he joined the lab in October 2021 as a post-doc. He currently works on the evolution of plant sexual systems, with a particular focus on the transition from hermaphroditism, where individuals express male and female sexual functions, to dioecy, where individuals are unisexual.

Ewan completed an undergraduate degree in Biology at the University of Oxford before moving to Imperial College London to do a Master's in Computational Biology and a PhD in theoretical evolutionary biology supervised by Vincent Savolainen and Charles Mullon. He joined the lab full-time in Autumn 2022 as a post-doc. Ewan uses mathematical models and computer simulations to study eco-evolutionary dynamics in sexual systems. In particular, he is interested in the ecological drivers of selection in males and females, and the consequence of this for demography and patterns of genetic variation.

Miguel obtained both his master and PhD in evolutionary biology at the University of Lausanne with Claus Wedekind, investigating the evolution of punishment to promote cooperation in humans. He then joined Stu West’s group at the University of Oxford to focus on social evolution theory. After a postdoc on cooperation and punishment in social psychology with Daria Knoch at the University of Bern, he worked again for Stu West in Oxford, to study the evolution of social behaviours in variable environments. He then joined Charles Mullon’s lab in September 2024. Using theory, he now investigates how the intergenerational effects of reputation shape cooperation in social dilemmas.

Malvika completed her B.Sc. in physics from St. Stephen’s college, Delhi and then moved to Cologne to pursue her M.Sc. with a specialisation in statistical and biological physics. During her masters research, she worked on a geometric classification of fitness landscapes and studied its implications for the evolution of recombination. She continued working on fitness landscapes across multiple scales for her Ph.D. at ETH Zurich, where her research ranged from the level of transcription factor-DNA interactions to the level of body-plan development. After defending her PhD in August 2024, she joined the TEE group from October 2024 as a post-doc, where she is excited to integrate ecological interactions in her research.

Ritam completed his BS-MS in Physics at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali. He joined the lab as a PhD student in September 2024. Ritam is interested in the evolution of Gene Regulatory Networks (GRNs). He uses a mix of theory and simulations to understand how polymorphisms in population can be maintained through evolution of regulatory interactions.

Julie completed her Master’s degree in Evolutionary Biology at the Université de Montpellier. During her Master’s studies, she developed an eco-evolutionary model for gynodioecious species under the supervision of Patrice David (Centre d'Écologie Fonctionnelle et Évolutive, Montpellier). She also conducted a meta-analysis on the strength of sexual selection on song diversity in Oscines, supervised by Erwan Harscouët and Claire Doutrelant (CEFE, Montpellier). In December 2024, she joined the TEE as a PhD student. Her PhD research focuses on developing a sexual selection model to study the joint dynamics of condition and condition-dependent traits.

After completing his PhD in our lab in 2026, Vitor is now a postdoctoral researcher in the Sachdeva lab at the University of Vienna, using mathematical modeling to study the genetic basis of polygenic trait variation and divergence.

Iris finished her PhD in our lab in 2025. She is now a postdoctoral researcher.

Ayoub worked with Miguel to investigate the evolution of intergroup cooperation and conflict using agent-based models grounded in climate variability and trait diversity.

Samuel worked with Thomas on a theoretical model of sex allocation in hermaphrodites.

Alexis worked with Malvika on a project modelling caste antagonism in ants.

Franz worked on the project The effect of encounter rate on sexual discrimination under the supervision of Ewan.

After a post-doc in our lab, Max is now an Assistant Professor at the University of Tübingen, Germany.

After investigating whether leadership favors colony performance in the decision-making process with simulations, Marco is currently a PhD student at Swansea University, UK.

Manuel developed the project The effect of ecological inheritance on the evolution of resource consumption under the supervision of Iris.

After her Master's project supervised by Max, Loraine is now a PhD student at the University of Bern.

Marie studied the effects of social structure and dispersion on the culture of vervet monkeys, supervised by Charles Mullon and Erica van de Waal.