Frank Pennekamp
@pennekampster.bsky.social
Biodiversity scientist at University of Zurich
https://www.frank-pennekamp.info/
https://www.frank-pennekamp.info/
Very happy that Hamza Shafiq recently joined my group as a PhD student. With a background in biophysics, Hamza will study the movement behaviour of predators and prey and how it affects their trophic interaction: frank-pennekamp.info/people/curre...
Hamza Shafiq – Biotic responses to environmental change
PhD Candidate
frank-pennekamp.info
November 21, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Very happy that Hamza Shafiq recently joined my group as a PhD student. With a background in biophysics, Hamza will study the movement behaviour of predators and prey and how it affects their trophic interaction: frank-pennekamp.info/people/curre...
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New seminar series just dropped, this is going to be fun!
These are the people I want to hang out with over lunch break 🌮🥪🥙🍙
These are the people I want to hang out with over lunch break 🌮🥪🥙🍙
Announcing 🍱 Lunchbox Models 🍱
– an online seminar series all about ecological modelling & career insights, hosted by the @gfoesoc.bsky.social AKs Computational Ecology and YoMos 🦊
Find the topics and details as well as access to Zoom on our webpage: www.yomos.org/lunchbox-mod...
Please share!
– an online seminar series all about ecological modelling & career insights, hosted by the @gfoesoc.bsky.social AKs Computational Ecology and YoMos 🦊
Find the topics and details as well as access to Zoom on our webpage: www.yomos.org/lunchbox-mod...
Please share!
October 14, 2025 at 11:21 AM
New seminar series just dropped, this is going to be fun!
These are the people I want to hang out with over lunch break 🌮🥪🥙🍙
These are the people I want to hang out with over lunch break 🌮🥪🥙🍙
Does body size predict abundance the same way in all environments, as predicted by the Metabolic theory of Ecology? Our new study challenges this assumption. Read it here: 📄 doi.org/10.1111/ele....
Biodiversity modulates the cross‐community scaling relationship in changing environments
Organismal abundance typically declines with increasing body size, with metabolic theory predicting a universal size–abundance slope of –0.75. Using protist microcosms across gradients of species ric...
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October 6, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Does body size predict abundance the same way in all environments, as predicted by the Metabolic theory of Ecology? Our new study challenges this assumption. Read it here: 📄 doi.org/10.1111/ele....
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New paper out in Ecology Letters!
“The Imbalance of Nature: The Role of Species Environmental Responses for Community Stability”
📖 Read it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
We tried to answer the question: What drives community stability in fluctuating environments?
“The Imbalance of Nature: The Role of Species Environmental Responses for Community Stability”
📖 Read it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
We tried to answer the question: What drives community stability in fluctuating environments?
The Imbalance of Nature: The Role of Species Environmental Responses for Community Stability
This study shows that the distribution of species' fundamental responses to environmental change, quantified by a new metric, imbalance, is a key driver of ecological stability. In a large microcosm ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
New paper out in Ecology Letters!
“The Imbalance of Nature: The Role of Species Environmental Responses for Community Stability”
📖 Read it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
We tried to answer the question: What drives community stability in fluctuating environments?
“The Imbalance of Nature: The Role of Species Environmental Responses for Community Stability”
📖 Read it here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
We tried to answer the question: What drives community stability in fluctuating environments?
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Job Alert
@qmulsbbs.bsky.social is advertising a position:
Environmental Analytical Facility Technician.
Join our team #ecology, #stable #isotopes, #Mass-spectrometer
@qmulsbbs.bsky.social is advertising a position:
Environmental Analytical Facility Technician.
Join our team #ecology, #stable #isotopes, #Mass-spectrometer
Environmental Analytical Facility Technician - QMUL Jobs
ID: 7383. Title: Environmental Analytical Facility Technician. Application Deadline:
qmul-jobs.tal.net
September 15, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Job Alert
@qmulsbbs.bsky.social is advertising a position:
Environmental Analytical Facility Technician.
Join our team #ecology, #stable #isotopes, #Mass-spectrometer
@qmulsbbs.bsky.social is advertising a position:
Environmental Analytical Facility Technician.
Join our team #ecology, #stable #isotopes, #Mass-spectrometer
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A new 4 year PostDoc position in our lab! Modeling + experiments to explore dynamics of carbon fixing hot-spring microbiomes. Part of an exciting multidisciplinary team with Sophie Nixon, @brockhurstlab.bsky.social & others
Please share & get in touch if interested!
tinyurl.com/e7j7bha3
Please share & get in touch if interested!
tinyurl.com/e7j7bha3
Research Associate in Microbiome Ecology:Oxford Road
www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk
August 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
A new 4 year PostDoc position in our lab! Modeling + experiments to explore dynamics of carbon fixing hot-spring microbiomes. Part of an exciting multidisciplinary team with Sophie Nixon, @brockhurstlab.bsky.social & others
Please share & get in touch if interested!
tinyurl.com/e7j7bha3
Please share & get in touch if interested!
tinyurl.com/e7j7bha3
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✨ The Bernhardt Lab at the University of Guelph is recruiting graduate students for 2026! Join us! We have several fully funded grad positions available ✨
Please spread the word!
www.bernhardtlab.org/join-us
#CSEE2025
Please spread the word!
www.bernhardtlab.org/join-us
#CSEE2025
July 7, 2025 at 11:21 PM
✨ The Bernhardt Lab at the University of Guelph is recruiting graduate students for 2026! Join us! We have several fully funded grad positions available ✨
Please spread the word!
www.bernhardtlab.org/join-us
#CSEE2025
Please spread the word!
www.bernhardtlab.org/join-us
#CSEE2025
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PhD position in theoretical ecology: Excited to announce an open PhD position in my lab (U. Amsterdam) aimed at exploring how different functional response types emerge from animal movement behaviours. Applications are due July 18th: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
#ecology
#phd
#ecology
#phd
Vacancy — PhD Linking Individual Movement Behaviour and Population Dynamics
Are you in interested in exploring the connection between movement behavior and ecological dynamics? Do you enjoy combining mathematical models and data to understand how ecological systems work? The ...
werkenbij.uva.nl
July 4, 2025 at 8:02 AM
PhD position in theoretical ecology: Excited to announce an open PhD position in my lab (U. Amsterdam) aimed at exploring how different functional response types emerge from animal movement behaviours. Applications are due July 18th: werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...
#ecology
#phd
#ecology
#phd
Another week to apply. Please RT!
Are you interested in predator-prey interactions and movement ecology?
I am looking for a PhD student to work on the project "A mechanistic theory of functional responses: zooming into movement behaviour to understand and predict predator-prey interactions"
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/342402.
I am looking for a PhD student to work on the project "A mechanistic theory of functional responses: zooming into movement behaviour to understand and predict predator-prey interactions"
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/342402.
PhD student in Ecology (up to 4 years)
The position is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation project “A mechanistic theory of functional responses: zooming into movement behaviour to understand and predict predator prey interacti...
euraxess.ec.europa.eu
May 20, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Another week to apply. Please RT!
Are you interested in predator-prey interactions and movement ecology?
I am looking for a PhD student to work on the project "A mechanistic theory of functional responses: zooming into movement behaviour to understand and predict predator-prey interactions"
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/342402.
I am looking for a PhD student to work on the project "A mechanistic theory of functional responses: zooming into movement behaviour to understand and predict predator-prey interactions"
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/342402.
PhD student in Ecology (up to 4 years)
The position is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation project “A mechanistic theory of functional responses: zooming into movement behaviour to understand and predict predator prey interacti...
euraxess.ec.europa.eu
May 14, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Are you interested in predator-prey interactions and movement ecology?
I am looking for a PhD student to work on the project "A mechanistic theory of functional responses: zooming into movement behaviour to understand and predict predator-prey interactions"
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/342402.
I am looking for a PhD student to work on the project "A mechanistic theory of functional responses: zooming into movement behaviour to understand and predict predator-prey interactions"
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/342402.
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Come and join our thematic session on Dynamical Ecological Networks @britishecolsoc.bsky.social on Friday 10:00-12:00 in Auditorium 1A #BES24 #networks #foodwebs #theory
Our speakers are:
Our speakers are:
December 9, 2024 at 3:41 PM
Come and join our thematic session on Dynamical Ecological Networks @britishecolsoc.bsky.social on Friday 10:00-12:00 in Auditorium 1A #BES24 #networks #foodwebs #theory
Our speakers are:
Our speakers are:
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Three research assistant positions are now open to work in Community Ecology at the Basque Centre for Climate Change. All info here: info.bc3research.org/2024/11/27/t...
Three field technical assistants - BC3 Basque Centre for Climate Change - Klima Aldaketa Ikergai
The Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3), offers hree field technical assistants positions to support the research activities in the context of the European Research Council (ERC) project RECODYN (I...
info.bc3research.org
November 29, 2024 at 10:09 AM
Three research assistant positions are now open to work in Community Ecology at the Basque Centre for Climate Change. All info here: info.bc3research.org/2024/11/27/t...
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My commute is ridiculously scenic… Eawag institute on Lake Luzern, Switzerland 🇨🇭. Great place to sabbatical and/or send students for research visits (eg 3-6 months is usually possible).
November 27, 2024 at 7:35 AM
My commute is ridiculously scenic… Eawag institute on Lake Luzern, Switzerland 🇨🇭. Great place to sabbatical and/or send students for research visits (eg 3-6 months is usually possible).
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🚨JOB 🚨Would a title "Professor of Life History Evolution" suit you? If yes... Become a colleague of us here in Mainz! I am happy to provide more information if this intrigues you.
cms.zdv.uni-mainz.de/karriere/wp-...
cms.zdv.uni-mainz.de/karriere/wp-...
cms.zdv.uni-mainz.de
November 22, 2024 at 9:17 AM
🚨JOB 🚨Would a title "Professor of Life History Evolution" suit you? If yes... Become a colleague of us here in Mainz! I am happy to provide more information if this intrigues you.
cms.zdv.uni-mainz.de/karriere/wp-...
cms.zdv.uni-mainz.de/karriere/wp-...
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Industrial activity in the Arctic is rapidly increasing and now we can map hotspots of development at pan-Arctic scale. Our latest paper is out.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
October 22, 2024 at 8:06 AM
Industrial activity in the Arctic is rapidly increasing and now we can map hotspots of development at pan-Arctic scale. Our latest paper is out.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Starting here in the best way: presenting a new paper.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Have a look at our new proposed way of calculating response diversity when multiple environmental drivers change simultaneously.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Have a look at our new proposed way of calculating response diversity when multiple environmental drivers change simultaneously.
Measuring the Response Diversity of Ecological Communities Experiencing Multifarious Environmental Change
This study explores how response diversity—variability in species' responses to environmental changes—relates ecological stability under complex, multifactorial environmental shifts. The authors intr...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 21, 2024 at 3:53 PM
Starting here in the best way: presenting a new paper.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Have a look at our new proposed way of calculating response diversity when multiple environmental drivers change simultaneously.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Have a look at our new proposed way of calculating response diversity when multiple environmental drivers change simultaneously.
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University of Calgary is hiring an assistant professor in modelling, ecology, and water. Evolutionary biologists with a focus on aquatic organisms/ecosystems and modelling should also apply!
careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1497629...
careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1497629...
Assistant Professor in Data-Driven Modelling for Ecology and Water Conservation in
Calgary,
...
Assistant Professor in Data-Driven Modelling for Ecology and Water Conservation in
Calgary,
...
careers.ucalgary.ca
October 7, 2024 at 7:08 PM
University of Calgary is hiring an assistant professor in modelling, ecology, and water. Evolutionary biologists with a focus on aquatic organisms/ecosystems and modelling should also apply!
careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1497629...
careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1497629...
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2 open PhD positions about unravelling plant-insect communication for sustainable agroecosystems in Switzerland! informationecology.github.io/openpositions/
Open positions
Information Ecology is…
informationecology.github.io
November 11, 2024 at 1:58 PM
2 open PhD positions about unravelling plant-insect communication for sustainable agroecosystems in Switzerland! informationecology.github.io/openpositions/