I am primarily interested in ecology and evolution. My research is focussed on trying to understand how environments shape diets and appetites, and how in turn these traits change over evolutionary time. I also have a keen interest in statistical and computational methods, particularly meta-analysis and agent-based models.
We know surprisingly little about how diets and nutritional strategies change over evolutionary time. However, these traits fundamentally influence physiological adaptation and ultimately health. Perhaps our ability to understand these phenomena has been hampered by a lack of nutritional thinking. My research demonstrates that nutritional approaches can provide novel insights into the way that organisms adapt to their environments, and ultimately, I hope, give a new understanding of the evolutionary basis for diet, appetite and disease
