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PhD student
PhD student
Ashworth 1.100
Ashworth 1.100
Institute of Evolutionary Biology
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The University of Edinburgh
Research Interests
Research Interests
I am interested in the genetic processes that lead to reproductive barriers within natural populations. In my PhD project I am employing genomic methods on two closely related butterfly species in southern Europe. The focus of the project lies on a hybrid zone of the two species in the Pyrenees. By understanding the popu;lation level dynamics that lead to the reproductive separation in this system, I aim to derive general insights about speciation processes.
Biography
Biography
2025 – present: PhD, The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Title: The genomics and spatial dynamics of semi-permeable species barriers - the Marbled White hybrid zone as a test case.
2024 – 2025: Research Assistant and Museum Guide, State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart, Germany.
2021 – 2024: MEng, Environmental Protection, Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt Nürtingen/Geislingen, Germany. Thesis title: Taxonomic evaluation of the subspecies of Zygaena rosinae Korb 1903 and Zygaena escalerai Poujade 1900 (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae) in Iran, an integrative approach.
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