Lilla Zsuzsanna Kiss [PhD student]
I am a PhD student with a background in biomathematics, exploring ecology from a mathematical, theoretical perspective. In my current research project, I study species coexistence through trade-offs between consumers, specifically trade-offs in their resource-dependent growth rates (also known as the gleaner–opportunist trade-off). As part of this project, I first investigated how different functional response types affect species coexistence (Kiss & Klauschies, accepted) and will further explore the roles of predation and spatial dynamics in coexistence.
Lilla Zsuzsanna Kiss
Scientific career
2023— Doctoral studies, supervised by Dr. Toni Klauschies and Prof. Dr. Ursula Gaedke
2020—2023 M.Sc. Biomathematics at University of Greifswald
Thesis: Coevolution of seed size and dispersal propensity (at University of Helsinki)
2017—2021 B.Sc. Biomathematics at University of Greifswald
Thesis: Effects of interconnectance on the response to nutrient enrichment in a mathematical food web model (at IGB Berlin)
Publications
Kiss, L.Z., Klauschies, T. Consumer coexistence through the gleaner–opportunist trade-off in the light of sigmoidal functional responses. Theor Ecol 18, 24 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12080-025-00618-7
Conference Contributions
SIAM (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics) Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems (DS25) 2025 in Denver, USA: Fluctuation-dependent consumer coexistence: testing the robustness of relative non-linearity in more realistic food web modules (Talk)
Numerical Analysis & Modelling in Applied Sciences (NAMAS) 2024 in Gaeta, Italy: Fluctuation-driven coexistence: understanding the impact of functional response type in the gleaner–opportunist trade-off (Talk)
Workshop of the Young Modellers in Ecology (YoMos) 2024 in Bad Buchau, Germany: Fluctuation-driven coexistence: understanding the impact of functional response type in the gleaner–opportunist trade-off (Talk)
Teaching
Tutor for the course Systemökologie (systems ecology) in the winter term 2024/2025