We study speciation, natural selection, and recombination using genomes from wild populations of insects via the development and implementation of novel computational methods.
August 2025 - Huge congrats to Bruna Cama for winning a special mention for her poster on the Melanargia hybrid zone at this year's ESEB congress.
September 2024 - Huge congrats to Alex Mackintosh for winning the International Birnstiel Award for his PhD on chromosome rearrangements and speciation in Brenthis fritillaries. Well deserved!!!
Institute of Ecology and Evolution
University of Edinburgh
Ashworth Labs, Charlotte Auerbach Rd
Edinburgh, EH9 3FL, UK