Research interests
I am interested in evolutionary biology and conservation genetics and, to some degree, how this research can be applied beyond academia. For my PhD I am exploring the evolutionary history of free-roaming domestic dogs. I am interested in how selection has shaped their genomes and how populations have adapted to their local environments across geographically distant regions. My research combines field sampling, laboratory work and bioinformatic analyses.
Curriculum vitae
2025 – present: PhD on population genomics of free-roaming dogs in Africa and Asia under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Gerald Heckel, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern
2023 – 2025: Biodiversity Ranger, Department of Conservation, New Zealand
2021 – 2023: MSc Zoology: Conservation genomics and phylogeography of mohua (Mohoua ochrocephala) under the supervision of Prof Dr Bruce Robertson and Dr Ludovic Dutoit, University of Otago, New Zealand
2018 – 2022: Wildlife Keeper, Kiwi Park, New Zealand
2013 – 2016: BSc Biology: Development of genetic markers for the analysis of deep-water corals under the supervision of Dr. Kathrin Kampert, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
