My research interests lie at the crossroads of population dynamics, evolution, population genetics, genomics and ecology to better understand the mechanisms shaping the biodiversity around us. I find hybridization, whole genome duplication (WGD) and repetitive elements to be fascinating aspects of speciations and genome evolution.

During my PhD my work has been about genome dynamics after recurrent allopolyploidization. By using WG-seq data I investigated the landscape of transposable elements (TEs) in an array of relatively young sibling allotetraploids (<600000 generations old) in the orchid genus Dactylorhiza. The main objective was to address the stochasticity of TE amplification following each allopolyploidization event. Additionally, I used RNA- and small RNA-seq data, focusing only on two of the sibling allopolyploids, to address regulatory differences both on genes and on TEs.

In my Master’s thesis I investigated the genetic load of the selfing weed Capsella bursa-pastoris and if range expansion could be an additional explanation, to selfing, for accumulation of deleterious alleles.
Publication and Master's thesis as a pdf.

For my Bachelor's thesis I did a 10-week project with the aim to use a state-based model (SEIR) with varying the infection- and recovery rate to try and explain empirical data on the cumulative number of observed dead seals per day during an epizootic outbreak.
Bachelor's thesis as a pdf.