Research interests

My research interests are within the fields of population genetics and genomics, evolution and conservation genetics. A major part of my research focuses on freshwater, anadromous and marine fish species.

Detecting and analysing local adaptation in fish populations, using population genomics and quantitative genetics approaches.
The use of historical and contemporary samples for obtaining data on past and present genetic population structure and adaptive responses to environmental change.
Analysing the genetic impact of domesticated fish on wild fish populations.
Eels - I am fascinated by their life history and many unresolved questions.

Current research

Resolving whether or not European eel (Anguilla anguilla) represents a fully panmictic species
Speciation of European and American eel (A. rostrata), analyzed using mitogenome sequencing and RADseq.
European eel appears to be panmictic, yet adult eels inhabit environments ranging from subarctic to subtropical. Does this lead to diversifying selection within cohorts? Analyzed using RADseq.
Collaboration with Beijing Genomics, Thomas Als and Dorte Bekkevold, DTU Aqua, Louis Bernatchez, Université Laval, Canada, Gregory Maes, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, Lorenzo Zane, University of Padova, Italy.
Funded by the Danish Council for Independent Research, Natural Sciences.

Landscape genomics and footprints of selection in brown trout

Development of 4k SNP chip for brown trout.

Analyzing footprints of selection and association with environmental parameters.

With Dorte Bekkevold, Thomas Als and Kristian Meier, DTU Aqua and Sigbjørn Lien and Matthew Kent, CIGENE, University of Life Sciences, Norway.