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Agnes Rettelbach - PhD Student

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) Schlossplatz 1 A-2361 Laxenburg Room S-113 T: +43 (0) 2236 807 242 F: +43 (0) 2236 807 466 agnes.rettelbach[AT]univie.ac.at

Research interests

My general research interests are theoretical evolutionary biology, population genetics, and adaptive dynamics.

Specifically, my current research is on speciation models. In my diploma thesis, I worked on the influence of different genetic architectures on the evolution of assortative mating in a model of sympatric speciation. Currently, I am working on a speciation model with population structure, in which different modes and mechanisms of speciation can be compared directly. I focus on adaptive speciation through resource competition in parapatry, but will also consider other scenarios.

I am doing my PhD in a collaboration between MaBS and at the Evolution and Ecology Program at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Laxenburg.