Piret Avila

Piret Avila is an Academy Research Fellow at the University of Helsinki's Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences within the Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme. She serves as a Supervisor for the Doctoral Programme in Wildlife Biology.

Her research focuses on theoretical evolutionary biology using mathematical modeling to investigate fundamental questions including:

• Variation in organismal aging rates
• Evolutionary mechanisms of menopause
• Lifespan determination in life-history traits
• Social behavior's role in evolutionary processes

Her work bridges ecology and theoretical biology through quantitative approaches.

Dr. Avila maintains active academic engagement as a doctoral supervisor despite no listed publications in the source materials. Her physical office is located at Viikinkaari 1, Biocentre 3, 00790 Helsinki, Finland.