I'm a new PI, starting up my lab at Uppsala University, more specifically in the Department of Ecology and Genetics, within Animal Ecology, at the Evolutionary Biology Centre.
My current funding is awarded by the Swedish Research Council and the Birgitta Sintring Foundation. I am also affiliated with the Smithsonian Institution as a Research Associate at the Center for Conservation Genomics, SCBI, where I previously worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher. I defended my PhD in 2018 in the Molecular Ecology and Evolution Lab at Lund University, Sweden. I also worked at Brown University for three years, where I was awarded a Postdoctoral fellowship from the Swedish Research Council. And until recently, I have been an Associate Editor for the journals Molecular Ecology and Molecular Ecology Resources.
My research explores molecular interactions between wild animals and their microbiomes. I use various DNA sequencing techniques and bioinformatic tools to study the microbial communities of animals, and how these are shaped by the diet and the genomes of their animal hosts. In addition to the ongoing research projects, I collaborate with several international colleagues in interesting projects such as host-parasite genomics and conservation genetics. For more information about my work, please see the Research page.
News
2024
Feb 2024 - Gave a talk about coprophagy at the local Revolution conference and was so honored when it was voted the best talk!
Feb 2024 - New preprint on functions of wild animal microbiomes using omics data.
Jan 2024 - Had a lovely trip to Madrid, Spain, invited by David Canal and team members at the Natural History Museum. Will collaborate on a project related to flycatchers, aging, and gut microbiota.
Jan 2024 - Spent a day at Skansen zoo doing interviews about the role of gut microbiomes in animal conservation.
2023
Dec 2023 - Editorial and Special Issue on the Evolutionary Significance of Animal Microbiomes now published in Journal of Evolutionary Biology!
Nov 2023 - Perspective paper accepted in Molecular Ecology!
Nov 2023 - Awarded a 4-year Starting Grant from the Swedish Research Council! I will set up my lab at Uppsala University.
Oct 2023 - Awarded a research grant from the Foundation for Zoological Research to work on the impacts of feralization on the horse microbiome!
Sept 2023 - New preprint on molecular ecology of microbiomes in the wild.
Sept 2023 - Attended the SciLifeLab Science Summit 2023 at Stockholm University.
Sept 2023 - Awarded 2 years of funding from the Birgitta Sintring Foundation!
Sept 2023 - Successfully completed fieldwork on wild horses and bison in the mountains of Riaño, Spain.
Aug 2023 - Co-organized a fun symposium on avian microbiomes at the EOU 2023 conference. Gave a review talk on the advancement of the field. We also organized a well-attended roundtable.
Jul/Aug 2023 - Moved to Sweden from the US! I’m now based at Uppsala University.
May 2023 - New paper on environmental microbiomes in Chernobyl accepted in Environmental Pollution!
April 2023 - New paper on how coprophagy rapidly matures gut microbiota accepted in Evolution Letters!
Feb 2023 - Roundtable proposal for EOU 2023 conference accepted!
Feb 2023 - New paper accepted in Journal of Heredity! This one was led by Kristina Paxton, evaluating honeycreepers’ transcriptome response to malaria, with important conservation implications.
