Research Interests

• Population and conservation genetics of forest trees.
• Methods for gene flow and dispersal estimation in plants.
• Small population genetic processes.  

Postdoctoral Experience

2005 - 2007,  ISEM - Université de Montpellier II, France. Collaboration with François Rousset on continuous-space models of isolation by distance in plants.

2004 - 2005, Dept. Ecology, Evolution & Natural Resources, Rutgers University, USA. Collaboration with Peter Smouse on indirect genetic methods of estimating contemporary pollen dispersal.  

Editorial Activity

Journal of Evolutionary Biology: Reviewing Editor (from 2009)

ISRN Biomathematics: Editorial Board Member (from 2011)

Scientific Visits

2010 (1 week) Instructor in 'Population Genetics and Phylogeography Workshop', Adelaide, Australia.

2009 (1 week) Instructor in 'Estimating Gene Flow in Forest Trees' workshop in Bydgoszcz, Poland.

2009 (2 weeks). ISEM - Université de Montpellier II, France. Host: Prof. Isabelle Olivieri.

2003 (13 weeks).  Dpt. Ecologie, Systématique et Evolution, Faculté des Sciences D'Orsay, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France.  Host: Dr. Fréderic Austerlitz.

2003 (2 weeks).  Dpt. Genetics, Bydgoszcz University, Bydgoszcz, Poland.  Host: Prof. Jaroslaw Burczyk.

2002 (9 weeks).  Dpt. of Ecology, Evolution & Natural Resources, Rutgers University, New Brunswick NJ, USA. Host: Prof. Peter Smouse.

2001 (9 weeks).  Resources and Conservation Genetics and Biotechnology Group, Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.  Host: Prof. Om Rajora.