I am an evolutionary ecologist based at the Institute of Ecology and Evolution at the University of Edinburgh. My research aims to understand the causes and consequences of among individual differences in the ageing process. The deterioration of physiological function with age (or senescence), although seemingly inevitable, is one of the most complex, variable and poorly understood of biological processes. Why do some individuals remain healthy and live to a ripe old age, whilst others deteriorate and die much sooner? I use individual-based studies of wild animals to test evolutionary explanations for this variation, and to understand how genes and early-life environmental conditions predict patterns of physiological and demographic change in later adulthood.

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Contact details

Dan Nussey                                              

The Kings Buildings,

Charlotte Auerbach Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FL

Email: dan.nussey@ed.ac.uk