Evolutionary Biology | Population Genetics | Metapopulation Ecology | Host-Parasite Interactions | Genome Evolution | Environmental Science
I am a postdoctoral researcher in evolutionary biology at the University of Basel, and I am affiliated with the Department of Environmental Sciences, Zoology.
My research focusses on the evolution of metapopulations, i.e., interconnected populations with extinction-(re)colonization dynamics. Specifically, I am interested in the genomic consequences of metapopulation dynamics.
My undergraduate research involved examining and disentangling the effects of population structure, demographic history, geophylogeny, transmission mode, and host-parasite interactions on the genomic diversity of microsporidia, obligate intracellular parasites phylogenetically associated with the fungi.
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Selected Publications
, Ebert, Dieter, & Fields, Peter D. (2025). Variation in Genome Architecture and Epigenetic Modification Across the Microsporidia Phylogeny. Genome Biology and Evolution, 17(9). https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf166
, Ebert, Dieter, & Fields, Peter D. (2025). Variation in Genome Architecture and Epigenetic Modification Across the Microsporidia Phylogeny. Genome Biology and Evolution, 17(9). https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaf166
, Haag, Christoph R., Ben‐Ami, Frida, Fields, Peter D., & Ebert, Dieter. (2025). Strong Bottlenecks Constrain Adaptive Coevolution in a Host–Parasite Metapopulation [Journal-article]. Molecular Ecology, 34. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.70047
, Haag, Christoph R., Ben‐Ami, Frida, Fields, Peter D., & Ebert, Dieter. (2025). Strong Bottlenecks Constrain Adaptive Coevolution in a Host–Parasite Metapopulation [Journal-article]. Molecular Ecology, 34. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.70047
Dexter, Eric, , Fields, Peter D., Scheuber, Fabian, Henseler, Marlon, & Ebert, Dieter. (2025). Rapid evolution of a large structural polymorphism during a bacterial epidemic. Heredity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41437-025-00812-7
Dexter, Eric, , Fields, Peter D., Scheuber, Fabian, Henseler, Marlon, & Ebert, Dieter. (2025). Rapid evolution of a large structural polymorphism during a bacterial epidemic. Heredity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41437-025-00812-7
, Haag, Christoph R, Ben-Ami, Frida, Fields, Peter D, & Ebert, Dieter. (2024). Genome-Wide Allele Frequency Changes Reveal That Dynamic Metapopulations Evolve Differently [Journal-article]. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 41(7). https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msae128
, Haag, Christoph R, Ben-Ami, Frida, Fields, Peter D, & Ebert, Dieter. (2024). Genome-Wide Allele Frequency Changes Reveal That Dynamic Metapopulations Evolve Differently [Journal-article]. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 41(7). https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msae128
, & Ebert, Dieter. (2024). Mikrosporidien-Genome als Fenster zu deren Evolution. BioSpektrum, 30, 49–51. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12268-024-2080-6
, & Ebert, Dieter. (2024). Mikrosporidien-Genome als Fenster zu deren Evolution. BioSpektrum, 30, 49–51. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12268-024-2080-6