Judit Mokos
Judit Mokos
Evolutionary and Theoretical Biologist | Data Scientist
mokjud(a)gmail.com
Currently I do
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PhD, Evolutionary and Theoretical Biology, Eotvos Lorand University, Hungary, 2015-
- Topics: Human behavioural evolution, altruism, cooperation, biostatistics, data science
- Supervisor: Istvan Scheuring
I learnt already
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Bsc, Biology-Literature Teacher, Eotvos Lorand University, Hungary, 2010-2013
- Thesis: Evolution of HIV’s virulence
- Topics: informal learning, science communication, the evolution of viruses, magic realism in contemporary youth novels
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Msc, Ecology-, Evolutionary and Conservation Biology, Eotvos Lorand University, Hungary, 2013-2015
- Thesis: The evolutionary aspects and motivations of human altruism
- Topics: human behavior, human evolution, human cooperation, animal cooperation, biostatistics
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Biologist trainee, University of Bath, Milne Centre for Evolution, UK, 2017
- Topic: Sex roles and sexual selection: testing an evolutionary hypothesis
- Biostatistics, comparative methods, meta-analyses, behaviour ecology, phylogeny-based statistical methods, path analysis, linear models
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GLM2017VPA: GLM for Evolutionary Ecologist, France, 2017
- linear models, data visualization
- https://glm2017vpa.sciencesconf.org/
- Popular Science Video Workshop, Hungary, 2018
- High-Dimensional Data Analysis in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Lund, Sweden, 2018
- Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute, St Andrews, Scotland, 2019
- Diverse Intelligences Summer Institute, Virtual, 2020
I have experiences
- helping as a data scientist for several scientific programs and civil organizations. 2017-
- holding workshops about data science and R 2017-
- Teaching Biostatistics and R programming for undergrads, Eotvos Lorand University, Hungary, 2016-
- Plant Ecologist, Field Surveyor, Danube-Ipoly National Park, Hungary, 2015
- Volunteer-Program Coordinator, Jaffe Family Service, 2010-2017
I can use
- Basic statistical methods (for example t-tests, F-tests, One-way and Multiway ANOVA, correlations, simple and multiple linear regressions, Chi-square tests, non-parametric tests, etc)
- Comparative methods
- Phylogeny-based methods (for example Phylogenetic Generalized Least Squares, Phylogenetic Path Analysis)
- Meta-analytical methods
- General Linear Models, Linear Mixed Models, General Linear Mixed Models, etc
- Receiver Operating Characteristic curve analysis
- High-Dimensional Data Analysis
- basically every statistical method that an ecologist, psychologist or economist would need.
- Data visualization
I like to do
- Science communication.
- Gamification
My current projects
- why do humans like to help strangers?
- how we can make humans even more cooperative?
- how smartphone using affect our cognitive ability?
- how do humans decide to be corrupt or honest?
- why humans like telling and listening to stories?
- how we could solve the climate crisis?
I teach at ELTE:
- Research metholodgy for biologists (2010-recent)
- Advanced R for biologists (2021-recent)
- Biostatistics (2015-2018)
If you are looking for a supervisor
The projects I offer could be interesting for students learning biology, psychology or social sciences.
- Human altruism. for example: why and how we help strangers
- Human cooperation. for example: how we cooperate on a large scale
- Online communication. for example: how somebody becomes an internet troll, and how cyberbullying could be prevented
- Diversity in the scientific world. for example: how gender, age, background and workplace affects the way researches behave. how diversity increases the performance of a research group
- Science communication. gamefication, informal teaching, online teaching, teaching adults. fore example: how to teach evolution to adults
Popular science
- Koronavírus kisokos - Covid-19 FAQ
- Az együtt átélt katasztrófa összekovácsolja a közösséget Qubit
- Együttműködőbbé tesz minket a járvány? interjú
Hardcore science
- Altruism, costly signaling, and withholding information in a sport charity campaign, Mokos, Scheuring, 2020, Evolution, Mind and Behaviour Volume 17: Issue 1
- Examining perceptions of stress, wellbeing and fear among Hungarian adolescents and their parents under lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic, Törő, Mokos, Rózsa, Hadházi, Kövesdi, Földi, 2020, PsyArxiv
- Is working less really good for the environment? A systematic review of the empirical evidence for resource use, greenhouse gas emissions and the ecological footprint, Antal, Plank, Mokos, Wiedenhofer, 2021 Environ. Res. Lett. 16 013002
- Rugalmas "szülő"-e a gyermekotthon? Törő, Csikós, Mokos, Gyetvai, Kövesdi, Hadházi, Földi, 2020, Serdülő- és gyermekpszichoterápia, 13:2 pp. 113-134. , 22 p.
I am proud of
- our Covid FAQ webpage was recommended by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences as a trusful information source for laypeople
- ambassador of Researchers' Night in Hungary, 2018, 2019
- LifeScience Elevator Speech Festival, 2016, 1st place
- FameLab Hungary, 2017, finalist
I can speak
- Hungarian
- English
- Spanish (un poco)
