Updates

Recent preprints!
Don’t make genetic data disposable: Best practices for genetic and genomic data archiving
Uneven genetic data limits biodiversity assessments in protected areas globally

Recent media interviews:
 Are We In the Midst of a Silent Mass Extinction? The Scientist.
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Scientific projects 

Macrogenetics

 Large scale multi species genetic studies to determine the drivers and patterns of genetic diversity.

Chestnut blight 

At WSL I studied the CHV-1 hypovirus. Part of the chestnut blight biocontrol system, CHV-1 has helped mitigate the damage blight has caused in Europe. I explored both intra-host diversity of the virus, as well as how diversity varies over space. 

Oak genomics  

I am using landscape genomics and a common garden experiment to map adaptation to drought in white oaks.

​ALPINE IBEX

Within my PhD I examined the genome-wide consequences of bottlenecks in the Alpine ibex. I also used this system to understand how to distinguish signals of selection from genetic drift.​ 

​Future Projects

I am using my genomic expertise to address questions at the intersection of Evolutionary biology and Conservation genetics. I am particularly interested in macrogenetic questions, as well as those exploring the adaptive process in complex populations.​

ARCTIC SEABIRDS ​​

At Queens, I studied in local adaptation in Arctic seabird populations. I completed an assembly of the Eider genome and established a collaboration with researchers at the University of Oslo to understand cryptic variation in High Arctic puffins.