I consider myself as a molecular ecologist who is particularly interested
in how evolution shaped our past and current biodiversity. For this my
weapons of choice are: high-throughput sequencing approaches combined
with population/landscape genomic approaches and phylogenetics.
For me, everything goes: fieldwork, labwork, pc-work.
📌 Current & Previous study systems:
- Bats: Myotis emarginatus, Plecotus auritus and their associated viruses (current)
- Leishmania (Viannia) parasites & leishmaniaviruses
- Lake Tanganyika sardines: Stolothrissa tanganicae & Limnothrissa miodon
A view of Lake Tanganyika, early in the morning (after night fishing). Uvira (DRC) (c) S. Heeren (2019)