Nicolas Alcala

I am interested in ecological modelling as a tool to answer both theoretical evolutionary questions and conservation relevant questions. In particular, I investigate the evolution of metapopulation structure (dispersal patterns) in heterogeneous environments, and the resulting genetic diversity and metapopulation persistence.

I am also interested in network theory and its applications in the understanding of metapopulation structure.

2010-
Doctoral Student in Séverine Vuilleumier's group, Departement of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
Evolution of metapopulation structure.

2010
Master thesis at the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne), Lausanne, Switzerland.
Introducing locality and communication in division of labour models for social insects.

Summer 2009
Internship in computational neurosciences at the Laboratory of Biological Modeling (National Institutes of Health), Bethesda, USA.
Computational modeling of binocular rivalry and dichoptic masking.

2007-2010
Engineering studies in Bioinformatics and Modelling at Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA de Lyon), France

2005-2007
Engineering studies in general sciences at Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Rennes (INSA de Rennes), France

• Piano jazz, solo and band practice.
• Karaté (black belt). Shotokan style.