Theoretical Ecology Group

	Dag L. Aksnes Professor, University of Bergen, Department of Biology Enjoys mechanistic modeling in biological oceanography
	Marco Castellani Researcher, University of Bergen, Department of Biology I am currently involved in the development of individual-based models of marine environments. My research interests include the emergence of traits and behaviours in evolving populations, predator-prey interactions, and swarm intelligence.
	Sigrunn Eliassen Researcher, University of Bergen, Department of Biology My current research focus is on the evolution of mating systems. I use theoretical models to study adaptive behavioural decisions in different ecological settings.
	Øyvind Fiksen Group Leader UiB, Professor, University of Bergen, Department of Biology & Uni Research I am particularly interested in behaviour and life-history of marine organisms, and how traits emerge in populations and ecosystems through natural selection.
	Nadia Fouzai PhD Student, University of Bergen, Department of Biology I am using theoretical models to investigate climate change effects on early life history evolution and behavioural ecology of Atlantic cod larvae. My PhD is related to the Nordic Centre of Excellence NorMER.
	Jarl Giske Professor, University of Bergen, Department of Biology My main research interest is to model how animals make decisions. Currently I work most on studying how genetic algorithms can be used to evolve neural networks or emotions in the organisms, and then use these brains or emotions to simulate decision-making.
	Rebecca E. Holt PhD Student, University of Bergen, Department of Biology I am interested in evolutionary biology and life history theory as well as anthropogenic impacts on marine ecosystems, such as global climate change. My PhD project focusses on adaptations to climate change in Atlantic cod using life history and bioenergetics models.
	Jan Heuschele Visiting Researcher, German Research Foundation (DFG) I am currently a research fellow of the German Research Foundation (DFG). I use experimental and modeling studies to explore the influence of the biotic and abiotic environment on sexual selection in marine copepods and its potential feedback on population dynamics. Sexual selection in plankton is a fairly unexplored field, but several studies report courtship dances and other behaviors that resemble sexually selected behaviors of higher organisms.
	Christian Jørgensen Group Leader Uni, Researcher, Uni Research I work with adaptation as a tool to build models that scale mechanisms at the individual level to population-level patterns and evolutionary outcomes. Topics of interest include mating systems, fishing-induced evolution, life history theory, and algorithms for modelling evolution.
	Marc Mangel Adjunct Professor, University of Bergen, Department of Biology & University of California Santa Cruz Marc is Professor at the University of California Santa Cruz and Adjunct Professor associated with the Theoretical Ecology Group.
	Anders F. Opdal Researcher, Uni Research My research is mainly focused around life history theory of fish and fish larvae, with particular interest towards linking spawning migration and offspring fitness.
	Perdana Karim Prihartato Visiting PhD Student, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology PhD student, visiting from Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia.
	Nicolas Rodriguez PhD Student, University of Bergen, Department of Biology Short description to be displayed on page with all group members.
	Rune Rosland Associate Professor, University of Bergen, Department of Biology I am currently involved in research projects concerning the growth and energetics of mussels in contrasted environments, and integrated ecosystem models for water circulation, nutrient recycling and pelagic production in marine coastal ecosystems.
	Selina Våge PhD Student, University of Bergen, Department of Biology I am interested in mathematical ecology and evolutionary dynamics. Currently I am focusing on pattern-generating mechanisms in the marine microbial food web.

Forum for Marine Ecological Modelling

	Jarle Berntsen Professor, University of Bergen, Department of Mathematics Research interests: Numerical ocean modelling, fluid flow, and coupled physical-chemical-biological models.
	Nicolas Dupont Postdoc, Institute of Marine Research I am interested in combining observations and modelling of zooplankton populations, especially in connection with their response to physical variables.
	Solfrid Sætre Hjøllo Researcher, Institute of Marine Research Working with coupled physical-biological modelling, end-to-end-modelling, and physical oceanography. I'm particularly interested in coupling between trophic layers and interactions with physical quantities.
	Geir Huse Group Leader IMR, Researcher, Institute of Marine Research My research interests are individual-based modelling, ecosystem and population dynamics, behaviour, recruitment, life history theory, fish migration, fisheries management, and plankton dynamics.
	Trond Kristiansen Researcher, Institute of Marine Research I use individual-based models for larval and juvenile stages of fish together with ocean circulation models to improve our understanding of the mechanisms that drive variability in fisheries recruitment.
	Corinna Schrum Professor, University of Bergen, Department of Geophysics My main research interest is understanding the marine environment and its variations in space and time from seasons to centennial time scales. I am particularly fascinated by the implications for biogeochemical and ecosystem processes, and how these affect different species. I develop models to address these couplings on various scales. Currently I am most interested in longterm variations, from decades to centuries.
	Morten D. Skogen Researcher, Institute of Marine Research Research interests: Ecosystem modelling from end to end and climate-fish relations. Development and maintenance of the NORWECOM.E2E model system.
	Espen Strand Researcher, Institute of Marine Research My current research is focussed on plankton in general, and euphausiids in particular, inhabiting the North Atlantic. My goal is to better understand their life-history strategies, population dynamics, behaviour, and their role in the ecosystem. I use both individual-based models and field data in my research.
	Kjell Rong Utne Postdoc, Institute of Marine Research Working interests: spatial distribution of pelagic fish and trophic interactions. My work is mainly focused on two different models: a large scale management model for the Norwegian Sea fisheries; and a coupled end-to-end ecosystem model for the Norwegian Sea.