Our research integrates evolutionary concepts with the challenges of global change, focusing on its profound impacts on freshwater ecosystems. Global change drives a biodiversity crisis: while many species decline, others tolerate the altered conditions or even benefit from them. We study responses across stress gradients – from individual development and phenotypic plasticity to community-level processes such as species turnover, novel interactions, and shifts in ecosystem functioning.

Our work centers on three main themes:

1. Intraspecific responses to changing environmental conditions and their consequences for community dynamics in freshwater systems.
2. Shifts in the composition of aquatic communities under anthropogenic pressures.
3. Application of our findings through the assessment and advancement of methods for freshwater ecosystem restoration and revitalization.