Dr Axel RossbergReader in Theoretical EcologyEmail: a.rossberg@qmul.ac.ukTelephone: +44 (0)20 7882 5688Room Number: Room 6.01, Fogg BuildingTeachingResearchPublicationsSupervisionPublic EngagementUndergraduate Teaching Research Methods and Communication (Tutorial) (BIO209) Research Methods and Communication II (Tutorials) (BIO309) Postgraduate TeachingTeaching on our Aquatic Ecology by Reserch MSc, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology MSc and Freshwater and Marine Ecology MSc: Ecosystem Structure and Functioning (BIO737P) Teaching on our Aquatic Ecology by Reserch MSc, Bioinformatics MSc, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology MSc, Freshwater and Marine Ecology MSc and Ecological and Evolutionary Genomics MSc and Plant and Fungal Taxonomy Diversity and Conservation MSc: Statistics and Bioinformatics (BIO781P) Teaching on our Ecology and Evolutionary Biology MSc: Ecological Theory and Applications (BIO735P) ResearchResearch Interests:As a theoretical ecologist, I am interested in structure and dynamics of food-webs, biodiversity, the relationships between them, and what all this means for the protection and sustainable use of living nature. In a monograph on Food Webs and Biodiversity: Foundations, Models, Data I sketched a theory integrating the main underlying ecological mechanisms. It is well-supported for aquatic systems. The proposed cause-effect network reveals dependencies between food-web structure, competition, species richness, invasions, body size, ecological niches, abundances, stability, and predictability. My current research interests relate to: remaining weaker elements of the theory, such as mechanisms determining dietary diversity, competition among primary producers, or the dynamics of size spectra, underlying mathematical questions, e.g. the eigenvalues of competition matrices, extension of the theory to a spatially explicit formulation and its applications in advice to policy and management. Policy applications also made me interested in sustainable use of marine ecosystems and its assessment through ecological indicators. Research department Biology Publications Browse a list of publications by Axel Rossberg Google Scholar page SupervisionPhD Supervision Thomas Del Santo O'Neill Samuel Shrimpton Postdoctoral supervision Beth Mindel Public Engagement Expert advisor to Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Lead Author of IPBES Regional assessment of biodiversity and ecosystem services for Europe and Central Asia