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Main areas of my scientific interest are phenotypic selection, phenotypic plasticity, the coadaptation of thermal biology, and energetic metabolism. As you can see, my research is a mixture of ecology, physiology, ethology, and evolutionary biology. My work is primarily driven by the inductive-deductive approach that I consider a major force of scientific progress. However, the unique location and conditions of our research facility allow me and my students to realize various exciting experiments both in the lab and in the field. So, I am largely focused on the deductive side of this methodological framework. As model species, I use ectothermal vertebrates (newts, salamanders, formerly lizards; see pictures above) and recently also some invertebrates (dragonfly nymphs and water beetles).