PhD student in the Biodiversity Dynamics group, supervised by Ole Seehausen
Research interests
My research interests lie in the evolutionary mechanisms of radiation and speciation, and their counterparts which prevent taxa from diverging. Even though a lot of research has been done in this area, many questions remain unanswered. Novel techniques like next-generation sequencing provide new opportunities to address these questions on a new level. African cichlids proved to be an ideal system to speciation and biodiversity research, as they show unusually fast radiation rates and several stages of speciation are present within the same fish groups. To gain further insights into the mechanisms that increase, maintain or decrease biodiversity, I combine the well suited study system of Lake Victoria cichlids with the use of novel next generation sequencing techniques.
Research project
Ecological population genomics of constraints to adaptation and speciation in sympatry
Curriculum Vitae
| March 2014 - present |
PhD at the Institute of Ecology & Evolution, University of Bern / EAWAG Kastanienbaum |
| 2013 |
Field assistance at the Swiss Ornithological Station in Sempach
Internship at the Institute for Ecopreneurship of the Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz
Internship at the Institute of Terrestrial Ecosystems of the ETH Zurich
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| 2012 |
MSc in Systematics and Evolution at the Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Thesis: ”Hybridization vs. reproductive isolation: Mating patterns and mechanisms of isolation in Adriatic pipefish (Syngnathidae)”, Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Tony Wilson |
| 2007-2011 |
BSc in Biology (major) and Environmental Sciences (minor), University of Zurich |
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