Jian Yen

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Hi everyone! I’m in the first year of my PhD at Monash University, Australia. My background is in applied maths and ecology, and my main research interest is theoretical ecology.

The goal for my PhD is to link experimental, mechanistic research, common at the scale of organisms, to observational, correlative research, common at the community and ecosystem scales. I consider this problem from a thermodynamic perspective, exploring how thermodynamic methods could be applied to far-from-equilibrium ecological systems. I’m particularly interested in how consistent patterns can emerge from the complexity that characterises ecology. I’m also interested in linking theoretical predictions to empirical data, both observational and experimental.

My interests outside of ecology are quite broad, covering much of science, but also food, music, and running.