People - Centre for Ecological Genetics

Landscape in Vestsjælland. Photo: Philip Francis Thonsen

Trine Bilde

Principal Investigator (PI)

Professor and Centre director at the Department of Biology - Genetics, Ecology & Evolution, Aarhus University

Research focus on Evolutionary Biology, her group (SpiderLab) works on population genetics and functional ecology of arthropods.

Philip Francis Thomsen

Associate Professor at the Department of Biology - Genetics, Ecology & Evolution, Aarhus University

Research focus on Molecular Ecology, he is head of the environmental DNA (eDNA) group working on biodiversity studies using high-throughput

Marjo Saastamoinen

Co-PI

Lektor ved Helsinki Institute of Life Science (HiLIFE), Helsinki Universitet, Finland

Leder af Life-history Evolution Research Group, og PI i Research Centre for Ecological Change (REC). Hendes gruppe arbejder med de processer, der former intraspecifik livshistorievariation i naturen

Greta Bocedi

Co-PI

Royal Society University Research Fellow ved The School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Scotland

Har udviklet en øko-evolutionær modelleringsplatform RangeShifter, med det formål at forbinde arters økologiske og evolutionære reaktioner på miljøændringer.

Tove Hedegaard Jørgensen

Investigator on functional ecology

Associate Professor at the Department of Biology - Genetics, Ecology and Evolution

Jesper Givskov Sørensen

Investigator on functional ecology

Professor at the Department of Biology - Genetics, Ecology and Evolution

Jesper Bechsgaard

Investigator on population genetics

Member of Administrative Staff at the Department of Biology - Genetics, Ecology and Evolution

Jørgen Aagaard Axelsen

Investigator on agroecology

Senior Researcher at the Department of Ecoscience - Terrestrial Ecology, Aarhus University

Mads Fristrup Schou

Investigator on population genetics

Assistant professor (TT) at the Department of Biology - Genetics, Ecology and Evolution, Aarhus University

Virginia Settepani

Centre manager

Centre coordinator at the Department of Biology - Genetics, Ecology and Evolution

Giulia Soffiantini

Research assistant

Department of Biology - Genetics, Ecology & Evolution, Aarhus University

Postdocs

Marie Djernæs

Postdoc on insect museomics

Department of Biology - Genetics, Ecology & Evolution, Aarhus University

Mads Reinholdt Jensen

Postdoc on eDNA and population genetics

Department of Biology - Genetics, Ecology & Evolution, Aarhus University

Audrey Bras

Postdoc on genetic and insect museomics

Helsinki Institute of Life Science (HiLIFE), Helsinki University, Finland

Natalie van Dis

Postdoc on temporal genomics in butterflies

Helsinki Institute of Life Science (HiLIFE), Helsinki University, Finland

Samuel Gascoigne

Postdoc on Unravelling the role of genetic variation of beneficial arthropods in agroecosystems

School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Scotland

Jilong Ma

Postdoc on Evolutionary genomics

Department of Biology - Genetics, Ecology & Evolution, Aarhus University

PhDs

Tammy Ho

PhD on genetic diversity and functional ecology of arthropods

Department of Biology - Genetics, Ecology & Evolution, Aarhus University

Ulla Riihimäki

PhD on functional ecology of butterflies

Helsinki Institute of Life Science (HiLIFE), Helsinki University, Finland

Jeppe Bayer Pedersen

PhD on population genomics and functional ecology of arthropods

Department of Biology - Genetics, Ecology & Evolution, Aarhus University

Camila Rocabado-Penanco

PhD on modelling the effects of environmental changes on arthropods distribution, population trends and genetic diversity

School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Scotland

Nathalie Puggaard Elkær A Ibsen

PhD on population genomics of Butterflies on a temporal scale of more than 120 years as a function of habitat fragmentation

Department of Biology - Genetics, Ecology and Evolution, Aarhus University

Lola Fernández Multigner

PhD on genetic diversity changes of range shifting butterflies in Finland.

Helsinki Institute of Life Science, Helsinki University, Finland

Students

Asger Carl Lindberg-Nielsen

BSc in Environmental Association Analysis of Entomobrya nicoleti in Denmark: Detecting local adaptation to different climatic variables in small-scale climatic differences, 2023

Department of Biology - Genetics, Ecology and Evolution, Aarhus University

Emilie Marie Jul Petersen

Bachelor i Naturvidenskab: Environmental Association Analysis of Entomobrya nicoleti in Denmark: Detecting local adaptation to different climatic variables in small-scale climatic differences, 2023

Institut for Biologi - Genetik, økologi & evolution, Aarhus Universitet

Sofie Wedel Rasmussen

BSc on the detection of selection in butterflies using temporal and spatial sampling, 2023

Department of Biology - Genetics, Ecology & Evolution, Aarhus University

Simon Bayer Nielsen

BSc on the ecological relationship between collembola and Stenus, 2023

Department of Biology - Genetics, Ecology & Evolution, Aarhus University

Jenna Palttala

MSc on comparison of the flight metabolic rate and reproductive success of meadow brown (Maniola jurtina) in two different habitat types, 2023

Helsinki Institute of Life Science, Helsinki University, Finland

Juho Kökkö

MSc on how land use affects dispersal in two annual generations of a butterfly (Pieris napi), 2023

Helsinki Institute of Life Science, Helsinki University, Finland

Lærke Thrane Mikkelsen

MSc on Impact of land-use on genetic load in Collembola, 2023-2024

Department of Biology - Genetics, Ecology & Evolution, Aarhus University

Lilith Mahler

MSc on Immune Priming in Collembola, 2023-2024

Department of Biology - Genetics, Ecology and Evolution, Aarhus University

Sarah Ladegaard Kyneb

MSc on the effect of habitat isolation on measures of genetic diversity, 2023-2024

Department of Biology - Genetics, Ecology & Evolution, Aarhus University

Alumni

Martin Johannesen Klepke

Research assistant - eDNA and population genetics, 2021-2022

Department of Biology - Genetics, Ecology & Evolution, Aarhus University

Roslyn Henry

Postdoc on eco-evolutionary modelling - 2021-2023

School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Scotland

Ceren Çetin

Erasmus Trainee, Summer 2022

İzmir Institute of Technology, Turkey

Elise Leroyer

Intern, Erasmus, Summer 2023

Université de Technologie de Compiègne

Victoria Barud Thomsen

BSc on effect of inbreeding in Erigone atra, 2021

Department of Biology - Genetics, Ecology and Evolution, Aarhus University

Trine Fyllgraf

BSc in population genetics of arthropods in relation to Conservation Agriculture and Conventional Agriculture, 2021

Department of Biology - Genetics, Ecology and Evolution, Aarhus University

Alexander Frost Nielsen

BSc in functional ecology and immune functions

Bachelor Student at the Department of Biology - Genetics, Ecology and Evolution, Aarhus University

Emma Sejrskild Jensen

BSc on the association between genetic diversity and immune function in natural populations of Collembolans (Entomobrya nicoleti) - 2023

Department of Biology - Genetics, Ecology and Evolution, Aarhus University

Stine Holm

BSc on the association between genetic diversity and performance (measured as population growth) in arthropod populations. - 2023

Department of Biology - Genetics, Ecology and Evolution, Aarhus University

Maria Stougaard Kristensen

BSc on the effects of habitat fragmentation on the population genetic structure of the specialist spider species Attulus floricola. - 2023

Department of Biology - Genetics, Ecology and Evolution, Aarhus University

Thomas Jespersgaard

MSc in ecosystem services

Master student at the Department of Biology - Genetics, Ecology and Evolution, Aarhus University

Rikke Traschel

MSc in the effects of land use on diversity and density of butterflies, 2022

Department of Biology - Genetics, Ecology and Evolution, Aarhus University

Helsinki Institute of Life Science, Helsinki University, Finland

Rebecca Bakmann Mortensen

MSc on Araneus diadematus foraging ecology, 2021

Department of Biology - Genetics, Ecology and Evolution, Aarhus University

Ida Lindegaard Rose

MSc on egg laying plasticity in relation to temperature (Araneus diadematus), 2021

Department of Biology - Genetics, Ecology and Evolution, Aarhus University

Emil Grøn

MSc in Determination of dispersal patterns and barriers of Euphydryas aurinia using photographic identification method, 2022

Department of Biology - Genetics, Ecology and Evolution, Aarhus University

Department of Ecoscience - Institute of Ecoscience, Aarhus University