I am a philosopher of biology and a communications consultant. Currently working as an Associated Researcher of the ImmunoConcept Lab at University of Bordeaux/CNRS and as the Public Information Officer (Media and Communications Officer) of the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis group at University of St. Andrews. I am based in Vienna, Austria.
I write in the areas of biological individuality, philosophy of evolutionary biology, philosophy of immunology, and philosophy of scientific practices. My work is tightly connected to the central themes of the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis.
Here are some areas of focus:
(1) the holobiont (the macroo…
I am a philosopher of biology and a communications consultant. Currently working as an Associated Researcher of the ImmunoConcept Lab at University of Bordeaux/CNRS and as the Public Information Officer (Media and Communications Officer) of the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis group at University of St. Andrews. I am based in Vienna, Austria.
I write in the areas of biological individuality, philosophy of evolutionary biology, philosophy of immunology, and philosophy of scientific practices. My work is tightly connected to the central themes of the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis.
Here are some areas of focus:
(1) the holobiont (the macroorganism host and its associated microorganisms) (philosophy of biological individuality),
(2) the dual processes of
niche construction (the ability of organisms to alter their experienced environments, which impacts their development and evolution) and
developmental scaffolding (whereby biotic or abiotic elements in an organism's environment facilitate the development or evolution of organisms to reach otherwise inaccessible states) (philosophy of evolutionary biology)
(3) neuro-immune-microbiota interactions and implications for proto-cognition or embodied emotion
(4) philosophy of science communications. I am looking at the constitutive role of communications strategies in interdisciplinary collaborations and the plurality of epistemic features realized by different types of communications media. I have opened a private practice as a communications consultant and also founded the Philosophy of Science Communications Network.
