As an evolutionary biologist, I am interested in investigating the role of genetic variation, its gain, maintenance and use in adaptation. Especially convergent evolution has triggered my curiosity, as it was shown countless times how evolution repeats itself using different or similar genetic mechanisms.

In the Plant Ecology and Evolution group I will work on range expansion and repeated evolutionary shifts to selfing in Arabidopsis lyrata and investigate adaptation to elevation and climate of different Brassicaceae species by comparative genomics.