Mathematical & Computational Biologist
Kilian Barreiro
Exploring the interfaces between mathematics, physics, and life sciences — from marine biogeography to computational neuroscience.
✦ Research Interests
Where equations meet ecosystems
My work sits at the crossroads of formal mathematics and the living world. I am fascinated by the spatial and temporal patterns that emerge from ecological, neurological, and nutritional systems — and by the mathematical frameworks that can reveal their underlying logic.
✦ About
A multidisciplinary path
I am deeply committed to understanding how species are distributed across space and time, and more broadly, how mathematical and physical principles can illuminate biological complexity. My training spans pure mathematics, mechanics, and computational biology — a combination I leverage to build rigorous, integrative models of natural phenomena.
During my Master’s, conducted under the aegis of the interdisciplinary research centre CENTURI at Aix-Marseille University, I carried out two research internships at IFREMER investigating the spatio-temporal dynamics of marine ecosystems. My thesis — “Biodiversity patterns of marine and terrestrial biogeography in French Polynesia” — was recognised with a research article.