RESEARCH PROJECTS

Research I've been involved in as a student

WHICH TRAITS FACILITATE DISPERSAL IN SELAGINELLA?

Supervised by Prof. Dr. Petra Korall, Uppsala Universitet
March 2022 to July 2022

Selaginella are the oldest lineage of heterosporous plants. I am investigating morphological and ecological traits which may facilitate Long Distance Dispersal events.

DEMOGRAPHIC INFERENCE IN NEW GUINEAN JEWEL-BABBLERS

Supervised by Dr Mozes Blom, Berlin Museum für Naturkunde
September 2021 to March 2022

Characterising the population structure and dynamics of jewel babblers in New Guinea using DNA from historical museum specimens.

Accepted as Poster in the S08. Integrative biogeography: Past, present, future, ESEB Prague 2022

Bioinformatics-based

DEMOGRAPHIC INFERENCE IN THE EUROPEAN CROW COMPLEX

Supervised by Prof. Dr. Jochen Wolf, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
April 2021 to September 2021

Used dadi to distinguish between potential demographic histories for the central european crow complex after the Last Glacial Maximum.

Bioinformatics-based

DEMOGRAPHIC INFERENCE IN SWEDISH NORWAY SPRUCE

Supervised by Prof. Dr. Martin Lascoux, Uppsala Universitet
February 2021 to March 2021

Used DILS and ABC to distinguish between potential demographic histories for the immigration of Norway spruce into Sweden after the Last Glacial Maximum

Bioinformatics-based

ROLE OF CHROMOSOMAL INVERSIONS IN PARAPATRIC SPECIATION: SENECIO LAUTUS SPECIES COMPLEX

Supervised by Assoc. Prof. Dr Daniel Ortiz-Barrientos, The University of Queensland
July 2017 to July 2018

Using linkage maps and QTL data, I investigated whether chromosomal inversions are associated with ecologically divergent traits in the Senecio lautus species complex.

Presented Poster at EVO2018

Phenotyping, DNA Extraction, RAD-Seq Library Prep, JoinMap, MapQTL