Andrea Manica

Prof Andrea Manica is a Professor of Evolutionary Ecology and Deputy Head of Department (Research) at the University of Cambridge, Department of Zoology. Her research spans ecological and evolutionary time scales, integrating climate reconstructions, paleontological data, ecological datasets, and genetic information to understand species' responses to environmental change.

• Research Areas: Population Genetics, Species Distribution Models, Paleoclimate Reconstructions, Human Evolutionary Ecology
• Key Tools: Development of open-source R packages like tidypopgen and tidygenclust for population genetics and data analysis
• Focus Taxa: Seabirds (albatrosses, petrels), sharks, turtles, bears, and Homo sapiens

Her work addresses questions such as:

• How do animals adapt movement strategies to changing environments using tracking data?
• What drives range changes and genetic differentiation in species like leopards and giraffes?
• How did climatic shifts influence human evolution, migration, and cultural innovations?
• What computational tools can interrogate large datasets across space and time?

Her interdisciplinary approach combines computational models, fieldwork, and collaborations with institutions like the British Antarctic Survey.