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I am Johannes Nauta, and I am a postdoctoral researcher studying complex systems. I am currently a member of the Dept. of Physics of the University of Padua, Italy.

Early 2022 I finished my Ph.D. thesis on computational models of optimal foraging patterns. During my Ph.D. I studied the effects of intra- and interspecific interactions of foragers and focused on how the characteristics of the interaction graph influences (group-) optimal froaging behavior. I additionally studied the influence of the spatial distribution of resources on the foraging efficiency population dynamics. The latter research is in line with my current interests in ecosystem function. I intend to pursue an interdisciplinary approach to complex (eco)systems with specific focus on the long-term stability of ecosystems.

For more information on my research interests, please see ~/research.

Current position (as of January 1st, 2023)

Postdoctoral researcher, Dept. of Physics, University of Padua, Italy.
Member of the CoMuNe Lab research group, lead by Manlio De Domenico.

Interests

• Complex systems
• Population dynamics
• Effects of perturbations on system stability

Suggested reads

The suggestions below are works that I personally find particularily interesting. They do not contain any personal work of which I am the first author. For a list of my personal publications, please see ~/publications.

• M. Rietkerk et al. (2021). "Evasion of tipping in complex systems through spatial pattern formation". Science, 374(6564).
  ⤷ Very interesting work on how spatial pattern formation (such as Turing patterns) might aid complex systems to avoid tipping.

• Vitali, A. et al. (2022). "Invasive species modulate the structure and stability of a multilayer mutualistic network". bioRxiv.
  ⤷ A. Vitali and colleagues study how an invasive species can disrupt a multilayer network that contains a specific keystone interaction. They show that the invasive species reduces the connectivity between the species present in the keystone interaction and thereby increases disturbance propagation and reducing network robustness.

Updates

• 2023/01/29 Stable communities
• 2023/01/11 Contact information
• 2023/01/11 Publications
• 2023/01/11 Research
• 2022/09/27 Multilayer networks
• 2022/09/01 Curriculum Vitae