Welcome!
Through my research, I aim to understand how sensory and cognitive systems evolve under the constraints imposed by natural environments. My work focuses on how the statistical structure of habitats shapes sensory processing, and how this, in turn, influences what organisms perceive, learn, and respond to during behavioural decisions such as mate choice. I mostly study those questions in fishes (Etheostoma) and birds (e.g., Paradisaeidae family). My research is at the intersection of cognitive science and ecology and evolution, enabling me to draw on my experience in vision neuroscience while engaging with questions and approaches from behavioural ecology and evolutionary biology. I use quantitative and computational methods to formalise hypotheses about perception and decision-making and to explore how biases in sensory processing can shape the evolution of animal communication.

Current affiliations:
- Postdoctoral researcher in the Fusani Lab at the University of Veterinary Medicine in Vienna (KLIVV), Austria
- Senior Research Fellow at the University of Vienna (BeCogBio Department)
- Member of the Data Science @ Uni Vienna research network


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