I am a biologist working in animal ecology, with a strong interdisciplinary research profile centred on how climate change shapes wildlife. I draw on long-term, individual-based datasets to investigate the ecological and evolutionary responses of birds — and other organisms — to a warming world, with a particular focus on the consequences of heat stress during early development.

I am currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Swiss Ornithological Institute, where I investigate recent changes in body size and shape of Alpine swifts (Tachymarptis melba) and their short- and long-term consequences. I have recently taken over the leadership of a project on the repeatability and heritability of migratory traits, and I actively collaborate on foraging movement ecology in the same system.

Over the past decade I have published 20+ peer-reviewed articles (11 as first, co-first or last author) and secured competitive funding including a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellowship (€210k, 2021–2024) — CLIMGROWTH, Horizon 2020 grant No 101025938 — bridging the Bize Lab (Swiss Ornithological Institute) and the M.A.D. Lab (University of Ottawa, Canada). See the official project page.

I have (co-)supervised 10 thesis projects across 5 countries, leading to four publications/preprints, conference presentations and travel grants for my students. I serve on the managing board of the European Ornithologists’ Union (elected 2022–present), as Associate Editor of Avocetta (since 2019), and as Editor for the preprint server EcoEvoRxiv (since 2026). I am also actively involved in committees of the Society for Open, Reliable, and Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (SORTEE).

Beyond research, I contribute to ornithological societies, Open Science initiatives, and women-in-STEM promotion — see my Open Science and Other Activities pages.

When not coding R mixed models or analysing nestling growth curves, you can probably find me hiking in a nice forest or up a mountain, watching birds and other animals, or relaxing in the sun with a book. Random news and chats on Bluesky and GitHub.

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