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Current position

2015-           Associate Professor and Curator of Mammals, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen

Former positions

2014–2015          Assistant Professor, Centre for GeoGenetics, University of Copenhagen

2013–2015          Visiting Scholar, Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley | Rasmus Nielsen Lab

2012          Co-founder and Vice President of the National Wildlife Forensics Facility, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen

2011–2013          Postdoc, Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley | Rasmus Nielsen Lab

2008–2011           Postdoc, Centre for GeoGenetics, University of Copenhagen | Eske Willerslev Lab

Research grants (Principal investigator)

2017          Danish Environmental Protection Agency (Miljøstyrelsen)

2016          Carlsberg Foundation Distinguished Associate Professor Fellowship

2016          Villum Foundation Young Investigator Programme

2015          Dr Margrethe og Prins Henriks Fond

2013          Aase og Jørgen Müenters Fond

2013          Dr. Bøje Benzons Støttefond

Fellowships

2013          UNESCO-L’Oreal For Women in Science Fellowship

2011          Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellowship (Postdoc)              

2009          Danish Council for Independent Research | Natural Sciences (Postdoc)

2008          GeneTime Marie Curie Fellowship for Early-Stage Researcher, Trinity College Dublin

2005          University of Copenhagen Faculty of Science PhD stipend (PhD)

Society and board service

2018–         Board member, WWF Denmark

2018–         Member of Scientific committee, WWF Denmark

2012–2018 Elected member of WWF presidium, SNM representative

2008–         Member of the IUCN-SSC [World Conservation Union-Species Survival Commmision]  Antelope Specialist Group

2008–2012  Member of the IUCN-SSC Equid Specialist Group

Recognition

2015          Profiled by Science Careers as part of the Science special issue on Ancient DNA

2013          Elected member of The Young Academy of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters

Education

2017 Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Programme

2009 PhD in Biology, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen

2003 MSc in Biology, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen

Short presentation

The main focus of my research is molecular ecology of large mammals (megafauna), and I am broadly interested in how climate change, environmental shifts, and human impact have affected the past and present abundance, distribution and evolution of megafauna species and communities. So far, my work has encompassed three overall areas: (i) continental-scale biogeography, (ii) past demographic inference using ancient DNA, and (iii) demographic inference and signals of natural selection using population genomics. 

Research areas: Molecular ecology, biogeography, population genomics, demographic reconstruction, selection and adaptation, ancient DNA, palaeoecology, conservation genetics, megafauna  

Please find additional information on my group website