I am an evolutionary ecologist. I always had a fascination for traits, and how traits change and evolve. The awareness that such trait evolution can actually occur fast and interact with ecological dynamics has sparked my research interest in eco-evolutionary dynamics, in which traits play a central role. Specifically, I research how ecological and evolutionary processes interact and simultaneously shape and structure freshwater communities and ecosystems in their response to environmental change. In my research, I combine the development of conceptual and methodological frameworks with theoretical modelling and experimental approaches using freshwater micro-organisms as experimental model system. I very much enjoy working at the interface of theoretical and empirical work.