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Summary:
I am a mathematical biologist/ecologist with particular interests in pattern formation, competition and coexistence theory, and evolution. Click here to find out more about my work.
Bio:
I joined the University of Warwick as an assistant professor in 2024. Prior to that, I spent a year (2023) as a postdoctoral researcher in the Evolutionary Biology Group led by Klaus Reinhold at the University of Bielefeld. Between 2020 and 2022, I was a postdoc in the lab led by
Nicola R. Stanley-Wall in the Division of Molecular Microbiology
and with Fordyce A. Davidson in the Division of Mathematics
the University of Dundee. I obtained my PhD at the Maxwell Institute Graduate
School in Analysis and its Applications (MIGSAA),
a Centre for Doctoral Training at Heriot-Watt University and The University of Edinburgh in 2020, where I worked under the supervision of Jonathan A. Sherratt.
A more detailed description of my work can be found here.
Email address:
lukas.eigentler --AT-- warwick.ac.uk
Mathematics Institute, Zeeman Building
University of Warwick
Coventry, CV4 7AL
Where you can meet me next:
30 March--1 April 2026 BAMC 2026, University of East Anglia
20--24 April 2026 MPDEE 2026, University of Leicester
23-28 August 2026: Nonlocal Aggregation Models in the Life Sciences, BIRS, Banff.
08-11 September 2026: Mathematical Approaches to Spatial Biology: Theory & Applications. University of Durham
Latest news:
17/02/2026: New paper with the Stanley-Wall lab:
M. Kalamara, A. Bonsall, J. Griffin, J. Carneiro, M. Gierlinski, L. Eigentler, D. Stevenson, A. Wood, M. Porter, H.C. Dorfmueller, C.E. MacPhee, J.C. Abbott, N.R. Stanley-Wall: Regulatory rewiring drives intraspecies competition in Bacillus subtilis PLOS Genet., 22(2): e1012050 (2026) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1012050
14/01/2026: New paper with Mattia Sensi (Trento) on wavelength selection in periodic travelling waves:
L. Eigentler, M. Sensi: Wavelength selection for periodic travelling waves: an unsolved problem Bull. Math. Biol., 88:22 (2026) DOI: 10.1007/s11538-025-01576-1
01/07/2025: New paper with Klaus Reinhold (Bielefeld) on individual variability in a prey defence trait:
L. Eigentler, K. Reinhold: Maintenance and evolution of phenotypic variance in a prey defence trait examined with a dynamic predator-prey model for clonal populations J. Evol. Biol., DOI: 10.1101/2023.12.07.570589
14/02/2025: Mrinal Kanti Pal (Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, India) and I have been awarded a London Mathematical Society Collaborations with Developing Countries - Scheme 5 award.
18/09/2024: New paper with Mattia Sensi on a delayed loss of stability phenomonon in periodic travelling waves: L. Eigentler, M. Sensi: Delayed loss of stability of periodic travelling waves: insights from the analysis of essential spectra J. Theor. Biol., 595 (2024), 111945. DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2024.111945
30/08/2024: Klaus Reinhold (Bielefeld), David W. Kikuchi (Oregon State) and I have published a break in The Science Breaker: L. Eigentler, K. Reinhold, D.W. Kikuchi: Feisty fish and birds with attitude: Why does evolution not lead to identical individuals? The Science Breaker 10:3 (2024), DOI: 10.25250/thescbr.brk793
04/07/2024: Ivric Valaire Yatat Djeumen (Universite of Yaounde I) and I have been awarded a Royal Society International Exchanges award.
24/06/2024: New paper with Thibault Rosazza (UC Irvine), Chris Earl, Fordyce A. Davdidson and Nicola R. Stanley-Wall (all Dundee) on the role of extracellular proteases as a public good during Bacillus subtilis biofilm formation: T. Rosazza, C.S. Earl, L. Eigentler, F.A. Davidson, N.R. Stanley-Wall: Reciprocal sharing of two classes of public goods facilitates Bacillus subtilis biofilm formation. Mol. Microbiol., in press. DOI: 10.1111/mmi.15288
26/03/2024: New paper with Klaus Reinhold (Bielefeld) and David W. Kikuchi (Oregon State) on the maintainance of individual variability in a competitive trait: K. Reinhold, L. Eigentler, David W. Kikuchi: Evolution of individual variation in a competitive trait: a theoretical analysis. J. Evol. Biol. voae036 (2024), DOI: 10.1093/jeb/voae036
01/01/2024: I have started a new role as Assistant Professor at the Warwick Mathematics Institute.
Not only maths!
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