Researcher

Simon Baeckens

Research Expertise (University of Antwerp):Simon Baeckens is an organismal and evolutionary biologist interested in the speed and predictability of evolution. His research integrates behavioural, ecological, functional morphological, and phylogenetic studies to understand how, and how fast, animals adapt to (human-induced rapid and extreme) environmental change. He emphasizes both experimental and comparative observational approaches to evolutionary questions and typically turn to lizards as model organism.

Keywords (Ghent University):evolution, functional morphology, skin adaptations, island biology, comparative biology, lizards
Keywords (University of Antwerp):EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY, ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, EVOLUTIONARY RELATIONSHIP, FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY, COMPARATIVE ECOLOGY, ANIMAL ECOLOGY, LIZARDS, EVOLUTIONARY MORPHOLOGY, Biology

Disciplines (Ghent University):Phylogeny and comparative analysis, Behavioural ecology, Biology of adaptation
Disciplines (University of Antwerp):Animal ecology, Animal morphology, anatomy and physiology, Vertebrate biology, Behavioural ecology, Biology of adaptation, Biology of behaviour, Phylogeny and comparative analysis

Research techniques (University of Antwerp):Behavioural observations; Gel-based stereo-profilometry; Geometric morphometrics; MicroCT imaging; Phylogenetic comparative statistics; Tests of whole-animal performance.

Users of research expertise (University of Antwerp):Scientists, bio-engineers, product designers.