Personal profile
Research profile
I investigate responses to environmental stress and global change from the organism to the ecosystem level, with an emphasis on modelling of distributions and population dynamics of ectotherms. My research is a mix of ecology, physiology, evolutionary biology and mathematical modelling. I am also interested in network biology and how species interactions are affected by species re-distributions in current and future climates
Education/Academic qualification
Biology, MSc, PhD in Evolutionary Biology, "Environmental stress responses and biological interactions investigated in the Drosophila model system", Department of Chemistry and Bioscience, Aalborg University, Denmark
Award Date: 18 Feb 2018
Keywords
- Chemistry and Bioscience
- Environment
- Geography and Geology
- Computer Science
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
-
SDG 4 Quality Education -
SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 14 Life Below Water -
SDG 15 Life on Land
Fingerprint
- 1 Similar Profiles
Collaborations from the last five years
-
AI:EcoNet
Ørsted, M. (PI), Celikkanat, A. (PI), Markoff, H. (Project Participant), Sønnichsen, K. A. (Project Participant), Li, S. (Project Participant), Herrmann, N. (Project Participant), Albertsen, M. (Project Participant) & Nielsen, T. D. (Project Participant)
01/08/2025 → 31/07/2028
Project: Research
-
Thermal tolerance constraints on distributions and seasonal dynamics in invasive insects
Ørsted, M. (PI) & Faber, A. H. (Project Participant)
Independent Research Fund Denmark | Sapere Aude
01/07/2025 → 01/07/2029
Project: Research
-
Predicting biotic interactions in ecological networks
Christophersen, K. S. (Project Participant), Sandel, B. S. (Project Participant), Kissling, W. D. (Project Participant), Trøjelsgaard, K. (Project Participant) & Ørsted, M. (PI)
01/09/2023 → 31/08/2027
Project: PhD Project
-
Emerging Insects in a Changing Climate
Wesseltoft, J. (Project Participant), Andersen, L. H. (Project Participant) & Ørsted, M. (PI)
01/04/2023 → 31/03/2027
Project: Research
-
Prioritization of barriers for removal in Europe
Darre, M. E. (Contact), Jokar Arsanjani, J. (Other) & Ørsted, M. (Other)
01/11/2022 → 31/10/2025
Project: PhD Project
Research output
-
Heat but Not Cold Tolerance Is Phylogenetically Constrained in Greenlandic Terrestrial Arthropods Under Future Global Warming
Wesseltoft, J. B., de Jonge, N., Hansen, M. M., Høye, T. T., Ørsted, M. & Kristensen, T. N., Jan 2026, In: Global Change Biology. 32, 1, 13 p., e70687.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile3 Downloads (Pure) -
No ‘au doigt mouillé’: A Framework for Optimizing Barrier Prioritization Under Contrasting Governance and Cost Scenarios
Darre, M. E., Hanzen, C., Domisch, S., Mouchlianitis, F. A., Ørsted, M., Jokar Arsanjani, J. & Hermoso, V., Mar 2026, In: Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. 36, 3, 15 p., e70353.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile1 Downloads (Pure) -
Vision Transformers for Zero-Shot Clustering of Animal Images: A Comparative Benchmarking Study
Markoff, H., Bengtson, S. H. & Ørsted, M., 3 Feb 2026, arXiv.Research output: Working paper/Preprint › Preprint
Open AccessFile14 Downloads (Pure) -
Acclimation to heat stress under field and microcosm conditions in terrestrial Arctic arthropods
Kristensen, T. N. & Ørsted, M., 8 Apr 2025.Research output: Contribution to conference without publisher/journal › Conference abstract for conference › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile55 Downloads (Pure) -
Assessment of additive thermal damage accumulation in plants using the TDT model
Faber, A. H., Ørsted, M., Overgaard, J. & Ehlers, B. K., 8 Apr 2025. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference without publisher/journal › Conference abstract for conference › Research › peer-review
Datasets
-
HUGO-Bench
Markoff, H. (Creator), Bengtson, S. H. (Creator) & Ørsted, M. (Creator), Hugging Face, 29 Jan 2026
DOI: 10.57967/hf/8074
Dataset
-
Data for: Integrating physiological rates of thermal stress and repair accurately predicts heat failure during temperature fluctuations
Ørsted, M. (Creator), Jørgensen, L. (Contributor), Hůla, P. (Contributor) & Overgaard, J. (Contributor), Zenodo, 16 Jun 2025
Dataset
-
High resolution image documentation of Greenlandic arthropod species
Wesseltoft, J. (Creator), Orsted, M. (Creator), De Jonge, N. (Creator), Hansen, M. (Creator), Hoye, T. (Creator) & Kristensen, T. (Creator), Dryad, 22 Dec 2024
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.1g1jwsv6w, https://datadryad.org/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.1g1jwsv6w
Dataset
-
Cold comfort: metabolic rate and tolerance to low temperatures predict latitudinal distribution in ants
Willot, Q. (Creator), Ørsted, M. (Creator), Malte, H. (Creator) & Overgaard, J. (Creator), Dryad, 7 Sept 2023
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.573n5tbc5, https://datadryad.org/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.573n5tbc5
Dataset
-
Data from: Sustained positive consequences of genetic rescue of fitness and behavioural traits in inbred populations of Drosophila melanogaster
Jørgensen, D. B. (Creator), Ørsted, M. (Creator) & Kristensen, T. N. (Creator), Dryad Digital Repository, 9 Apr 2022
Dataset
Activities
-
Tættere på Transformativ Forandring i Danmark: Tværdisciplinært symposium om systemiske løsninger på biodiversitetskrisen
Ørsted, M. (Participant)
19 Feb 2025Activity: Attending an event › Organisation or participation in workshops, courses, seminars, exhibitions or similar
-
Hvordan adresserer vi biodiversitetskrisen i Danmark? Tværdisciplinært symposium om biodiversitet på land
Ørsted, M. (Participant)
28 Jan 2025Activity: Attending an event › Organisation or participation in workshops, courses, seminars, exhibitions or similar
-
Biodiversa+ BiodivHealth conference: Biodiversity and its influence on animal, human and plant health
Ørsted, M. (Participant)
28 Nov 2024Activity: Attending an event › Organisation or participation in workshops, courses, seminars, exhibitions or similar
-
Unifying thermal limits of life and death in ectotherms
Ørsted, M. (Lecturer)
25 Nov 2024 → 27 Nov 2024Activity: Talks and presentations › Conference presentations
-
Beskyttelse og genopretning af biodiversiteten frem mod 2030
Ørsted, M. (Participant)
22 Nov 2024Activity: Attending an event › Organisation or participation in workshops, courses, seminars, exhibitions or similar
Press/Media
-
Deltagelse i Huxi Bachs 'Ubegribeligt' podcast på DR
26/03/2026
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
-
Aalborg Universitet forsker i klimaeffekter på invasive insekter
26/08/2025
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
-
Nature under the AI-lens: When animals and plants disappear, it can have major consequences
15/04/2025
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
-
Insekter på klimaflugt: Hvor og hvornår kan insekter overleve og formere sig?
06/02/2025
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
-
Impacts
-
Marine Research Paves the Way for a Ban on Beam Trawling
Madsen, N. (Participant), Moeslund, T. B. (Participant), Pedersen, M. (Participant), Irlind, A. F. (Participant), de Jonge, N. (Participant), Lund Nielsen, J. (Participant), Johansen, A. S. (Participant), Humblot-Renaux, G. (Participant), Eskildsen, M. (Participant), Østergaard, S. K. (Participant) & Ørsted, M. (Participant)
Impact: Public policy impact, Green impact