Welcome to my personal website, and thank you for your interest in my work.
I am an theoretical biologist with advanced expertise in mathematical and computational modelling (including agent-based models, evolutionary game theory, and dynamical systems theory). The main focus of my research is the development of quantitative models to better understand complex biological and social systems.
Currently, I am a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Amsterdam Cooperation Lab (VU Amsterdam), working alongside Prof. Daniel Balliet, Dr. Fernando Santos, and Prof. Paul van Lange on quantitative models of human cooperation.
You can find more information about my research, teaching, and other academic activities at this page. Please see my CV for a complete list of publications and teaching experience.
Selected Publications
M Colnaghi, PAM Van Lange, FP Santos, D Balliet (2023). Adaptations to infer fitness interdependence promote the evolution of cooperation. PNAS, 120(50), e2312242120.
M Colnaghi, N Lane, and A Pomiankowski (2022). Repeat sequences limit the effectiveness of LGT and favoured the evolution of meiotic sex in early eukaryotes. PNAS, 119(35) e2205041119.
RN Palmeira, M Colnaghi, SA Harrison, N Lane, and A Pomiankowski (2022). The limits of metabolic heredity in protocells. Proc Royal Soc B, Nov 9:289(1986).
M Colnaghi, N Lane, and A Pomiankowski (2020). Genome expansion in early eukaryotes drove the transition from lateral gene transfer to meiotic sex. eLife, 9:e58873.