Dr Matishalin Patel

Lecturer

Matishalin.Patel@hull.ac.uk

Faculty and Department

Faculty of Science and Engineering
Data Science AI and Modelling Centre (DAIM)

Biography Outputs Research/PhD

Qualifications

PhD / DPhil (University of Oxford)

Summary

I am a theoretical biologist working on social evolution theory and modelling behavioural evolution more generally.

I have a Masters in computational biology from Imperial and I completed my DPhil at the University of Oxford. I was previously a Postdoctoral researcher at Cambridge in the department of Zoology and the Centre for the Future of Intelligence.

Recent outputs

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Journal Article

The evolution of democratic peace in animal societies

Hunt, K., Patel, M., Croft, D., Franks, D., Green, P., Thompson, F., Johnstone, R., Cant, M., & Sankey, D. (2024). The evolution of democratic peace in animal societies. Nature communications, 15, Article 6583. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-50621-5

Microbial warfare and the evolution of symbiosis

Patel, M., & West, S. (2022). Microbial warfare and the evolution of symbiosis. Biology Letters, 18(12), Article 20220447. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2022.0447

Visual odometry of Rhinecanthus aculeatus depends on the visual density of the environment

Karlsson, C., Willis, J., Patel, M., & de Perera, T. B. (2022). Visual odometry of Rhinecanthus aculeatus depends on the visual density of the environment. Communications Biology, 5(1), Article 1045. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03925-5

Kin discrimination, negative relatedness, and how to distinguish between selfishness and spite

Patel, M., West, S. A., & Biernaskie, J. M. (2020). Kin discrimination, negative relatedness, and how to distinguish between selfishness and spite. Evolution Letters, 4(1), 65-72. https://doi.org/10.1002/evl3.150

Uncovering the rules of microbial community invasions

Vila, J. C., Jones, M. L., Patel, M., Bell, T., & Rosindell, J. (2019). Uncovering the rules of microbial community invasions. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 3(8), 1162-1171. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0952-9

Research interests

I am interested in how evolution works and shapes complex animal behaviours.

My work has focused on social evolution specifically the evolution of altruistic and spiteful trait in bacteria and multicellular life.

I am also interested in using artificial life and simulations to ask more general questions about co-evolution and cooperation across species.

I have recently also been working on the evolution of intelligence and how we can use major transitions theory to better understand the evolution of animal and non-animal intelligences.