Jie Shao

I am a second-year PhD student in Zoology at the University of Oklahoma. My research interests are focused on the spontaneous increase of diversity in a digital ecosystem, particularly through the interactions among organisms. Those interactions create an ever-changing biotic environment with novel niches and thus may drive the continuous emergence of new species as well as maintain the diversity (coexistence of multiple interacting species) in the ecosystem. In my free time, I enjoy listening to Chinese classic music and playing basketball.