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Thomas Koffel

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Theoretical ecologist. Assistant professor at Université de Lyon. Also a naturalist mainly obsessed with birds, plants and insects.

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Great initiative!

15.09.2025 12:21 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Poster for 90 minute workshop on HOW TO DESIGN BETTER EXPERIMENTS, by Mridul Thomas & Ravi Ranjan. 

Details: September 23rd 16:00 CEST ; 14:00 UTC

Description: 

Experimental designs can make or break an experiment. A good experiment has a clear goal and efficiently uses experimental resources to achieve that goal. In this workshop, we will review what experiments are for, basic and advanced principles of designing experiments, and how to use simulations to evaluate designs before actually doing the
experiment. We’ll do a moderate amount of coding in R and so experience with this would be helpful but is not required. We intend to have small-group discussions to help participants develop their own experiments, and encourage participants to think of a specific question they would like to answer with an experiment.

Poster for 90 minute workshop on HOW TO DESIGN BETTER EXPERIMENTS, by Mridul Thomas & Ravi Ranjan. Details: September 23rd 16:00 CEST ; 14:00 UTC Description: Experimental designs can make or break an experiment. A good experiment has a clear goal and efficiently uses experimental resources to achieve that goal. In this workshop, we will review what experiments are for, basic and advanced principles of designing experiments, and how to use simulations to evaluate designs before actually doing the experiment. We’ll do a moderate amount of coding in R and so experience with this would be helpful but is not required. We intend to have small-group discussions to help participants develop their own experiments, and encourage participants to think of a specific question they would like to answer with an experiment.

@raviranjan.bsky.social & I are teaching a free online workshop with on experimental design for environmental scientists on the 23rd.

We'll focus on using simulations to evaluate how well different experimental designs help achieve your goals.

Please sign up & share! forms.gle/MZTxeQs4UpMr...

15.09.2025 11:20 — 👍 27    🔁 21    💬 2    📌 2

Congrats Kaustubh!! Welldeserved. Our team was very fortunate to have you join us in Lyon for your Master's thesis.

04.06.2025 09:32 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

The work will mainly be empirical, but there is an opportunity for a collaboration with me at the University of Lyon (France) on a theoretical/modeling project. 💻📝

02.08.2024 13:47 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Ecosystem responses to fire: the role of plant-soil feedbacks There are multiple scholarships available within the Uni-Start Equity Scholarship - which are available ti students in financial hardship, and/or education disadvantage .

PhD position alert!🌿🔥

My friend and collaborator Orpheus Butler (Griffith University, Brisbane) is looking for a PhD student to work on "Ecosystem responses to fire: the role of plant–soil feedbacks".

Please apply if interested (before Aug. 16), and/or spread the word! t.co/GeUvnjs9eO

02.08.2024 13:39 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Job alert! Looking for a quantitative postdoc to see how dynamic species interactions affect stability - in theory and in marine food web data. Looking for someone versed in modeling and theory or marine food webs. Apply by Sept 30. Deets here:
resiliencelab.github.io/files/Dynami...

02.08.2024 13:12 — 👍 7    🔁 9    💬 1    📌 0
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We are opening our call for Biodiversity Synthesis projects at #CESAB in the beautiful, Montpellier 🌈, France

Up to 4 groups will be funded for 3 years: 5 (1 week) meetings + 24 mth postdocs !

Generic synthesis: bit.ly/4aC3fW6

Thematic synthesis: bit.ly/4aeEMq2

Please like and share, thx.

🧪🌍🦤🦑

03.04.2024 13:35 — 👍 30    🔁 24    💬 0    📌 1
IITE webinar 
Chris Terry (Oxford): Can coexistence theory fulfil its promise in real settings?
February 6, 2024, 9 a.m. Pacific

IITE webinar Chris Terry (Oxford): Can coexistence theory fulfil its promise in real settings? February 6, 2024, 9 a.m. Pacific

IITE webinar
Chris Terry (Oxford): Can coexistence theory fulfil its promise in real settings?
February 6, 2024, 9 a.m. Pacific
liu-se.zoom.us/j/63158449287
🧪,🌍, #ecoevo

05.02.2024 09:46 — 👍 7    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

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Merci Timothée !

11.01.2024 06:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

We will run a weekly online seminar on resource competition theory and related ecological theories next semester (from the week of January 8 to the week of April 15, time noon-1:30PM Eastern, day TBD).

15.12.2023 19:07 — 👍 16    🔁 15    💬 1    📌 0

Congrats, Joelyn!!

15.11.2023 16:51 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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