We are an evolutionary ecology lab at the School of Zoology, Tel Aviv University, interested in how animals make decisions under ecological constraints. We ask how short-term behavioral choices, such as foraging, learning, or risk-taking, shape long-term outcomes across an individual’s life.
Our research focuses on decisions involving trade-offs, for example, between food and safety, growth and reproduction, or present performance and future survival. While much of our work uses insects as model systems, we also study additional systems, including desert snakes and rodents, when these offer unique opportunities to address broader questions.
Although our research is grounded in specific study systems, the questions we ask are general. We are open to exploring new ideas and study organisms, as long as the questions are conceptually clear and experimentally tractable.
Our research focuses on decisions involving trade-offs, for example, between food and safety, growth and reproduction, or present performance and future survival. While much of our work uses insects as model systems, we also study additional systems, including desert snakes and rodents, when these offer unique opportunities to address broader questions.
Although our research is grounded in specific study systems, the questions we ask are general. We are open to exploring new ideas and study organisms, as long as the questions are conceptually clear and experimentally tractable.
