Research
My field of research is biodiversity and the drivers that affect it. Through my scientific career I have studied the evolutionary footprint that selective processes leave in the genomes of the species that surrounds us. I have worked with a broad range of both wild and domesticated species to identify the signatures of ecological as well as human induced evolution.
I have a strong interest in genome architecture as a driver and constraint in evolutionary processes, as well as in developing and applying molecular methods for characterizing past and present within- and between species biodiversity. My background is from statistical genomics, bioinformatics and molecular biology.
I did my master’s at NTNU in Trondheim and my PhD at CIGENE (NMBU) at Ås. After finishing my PhD in 2010 I have had three post-doctoral fellowships, at CIGENE (NMBU), IMR Flødevigen and CCR (UiA).
Currently I’m a researcher and advisor at Centre for Coastal Research, a collaboration between UiA, Institute for Marine Research and NIVA.