University
Faculty/school/department
Department of Zoology and Zoological Museum
Composition of Joint Unit of Research, if relevant
I am part of the research group of Dr. Dirk Brandis, director of the Zoological Museum of Kiel University
Short description of research profile
My research group has two main foci: anthropogenically driven evolution and life history evolution. We study both aspects by investigating the molecular ecology of aquatic invertebrates. In the last years, my colleagues and I have taken advantage of the newly developing field of museomics. Using genomic information extracted from natural history collections, we can begin to understand how humans have altered microbiomes, populations, species and whole communities.
Research area
Scientific Themes (keywords)
Technology Expertise
Genomics
Museomics
Next-gen sequencing
DNA sequencing
Species identification
Bioinformatics
Population genetic analysis