Kim Mathot

Dr. Kim Mathot is a Research Fellow at the Faculty of Biology of Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Her research focuses on understanding individual differences in behavioral plasticity and how strategies for managing environmental uncertainty influence this variation. She employs both field and laboratory experiments to investigate proximate mechanisms underlying tactic selection and their evolutionary implications.

Her work examines how individuals balance sampling behaviors (e.g., foraging effort) and insurance strategies (e.g., fat reserves) to cope with uncertainty, linking these choices to adaptive outcomes. Key themes include energetic constraints, decision-making under uncertainty, and the evolutionary drivers of behavioral variability.