Professor Michael Bonsall 

Professor of Mathematical Biology, Department of Biology

PA: lynee.bradley@biology.ox.ac.uk

michael.bonsall@biology.ox.ac.uk 

Mike's research focuses on applications of mathematics to problems in the life sciences (and beyond), with an interest in population biology (population dynamics, community ecology, evolutionary ecology). His research group investigates wide ranging questions such as the population and evolutionary dynamics of life history strategies (like the evolution of longevity), the role of spatial structure on shared enemy and competing enemy interactions, the effects of enrichment on the diversity of ecological communities, the interplay between noise and dynamics in multispecies interactions and the evolution of resistance to microbes.

Current work within the Future of Food programme is a collaborative project with the National Agriculture and Food Research Organisation in Japan (with Dr Hitoshi Koyano) on sustainable crop production. Our project combines theoretical and experimental approaches to explore the possibilities of sustainable crop production that reduces their use, thereby mitigating the environmental impact, while maintaining productivity.