We are very happy to welcome our new Writing-Up Fellow Aleksa Ratarac to the KLI! Aleksa comes from a background in Bioinformatics and Biophysics, with a Master’s degree in Biophysics from the University of Belgrade, Serbia. He is currently a PhD student in Isaac Salazar Ciudad’s group at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain.

His research focusses on the evolutionary developmental biology, phenotypic plasticity, and computational modeling of developmental processes in insect wings. His project integrates geometric morphometrics with a first-principles physics model of insect wing development, in attempt to explore the mechanical bases of morphological plasticity and developmental variation in general.

At the KLI, Aleksa will be working on his project, “Fly wing development in silico: A computational investigation of morphological plasticity”.

Aleksa is a Writing-Up Fellow at the KLI from 15 February to 14 August 2025.

Here’s wishing Aleksa a warm welcome and a fruitful stay at the KLI.