Mridul Thomas

Dr. Mridul Thomas is an Assistant Professor at the University of Geneva, specializing in aquatic ecology with a focus on phytoplankton dynamics, climate change impacts, and experimental design. His research integrates field observations, modeling, and citizen science to understand how environmental drivers like temperature, nutrients, and predation shape aquatic ecosystems. Recent work emphasizes the importance of multi-driver experiments and the underappreciated role of unrealistic experimental scenarios in global change biology.

Key research themes include phytoplankton community responses to warming, cyanobacterial dominance under eutrophication, and the ecological implications of species interactions (e.g., chytrid parasites). Dr. Thomas collaborates on projects like the CoFish initiative to monitor Lake Geneva's phosphorus dynamics through fisher-scientist partnerships. His work bridges micro-scale microbial processes with large-scale ecological patterns, leveraging both observational and theoretical approaches.