Background and activities
I am a Danish PhD student at the Centre for Biodiversity Dynamics and I have a broad interest in molecular ecology, ornithology, life-history evolution, phylogenetics and biogeography. In my PhD project, I investigate telomere dynamics and life-history trade-offs in populations of free-living house sparrows in northern Norway, where I do field work. I am collaborating with the University of Glasgow (telomere ecology), the University of Copenhagen (avian diversification) and the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (DNA barcoding).
I have an undergraduate background in nanoscience and a master in ecology and evolution from the University of Copenhagen. My main PhD superdupervisor is Thor Harald Ringsby, co-supervisors are Thomas Kvalnes, Henrik Jensen and Jonathan Wright.
Contact me if you like avian insularity, telomere biology or are interested in master projects involving hyggelig field work – projects range wide; insects, parasites, feeding rates or ecophysiology.
I teach the following courses at NTNU:
Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Ethology BI1003
Genetics and Evolution I BI2017
Evolutionary and Ecological Genetics BI8082
Experimental Study Design BI3052
Natural Resource Management RFEL3081
Experts in Teamwork - Sustainable aquaculture in feeding the future BI2097
Scientific, academic and artistic work
A selection of recent journal publications, artistic productions, books, including book and report excerpts. See all publications in the database
Journal publications
- (2018) Phylogeography of a ‘great speciator’ (Aves: Edolisoma tenuirostre) reveals complex dispersal and diversification dynamics across the Indo-Pacific. Journal of Biogeography. vol. 45.
Report/dissertation
- (2016) Phylogeny and biogeography of Campephagidae (Aves: Passeriformes): Great speciators, supertramps and taxon cycles. Master thesis. 2016.
- (2013) Fabrication and Characterization of As-Grown, Suspended Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes, Bachelor Thesis. 2013.