Ongoing projects:

• IceAGenT - Ice Age Genomic Tracking of Refugia and Postglacial Dispersal (ERC consolidator grant) 

• ECOGEN - Ecosystem change and species persistence over time: a genome-based approach (Topforsk)

• NorBol - Norwegian Barcode of Life

• Future ArcTic Ecosystems (FATE): drivers of diversity and future scenarios from ethnoecology, contemporary ecology and ancient DNA
• http://svalbardflora.no/
• Alsos on Research gate

My research interests are in marine invertebrate zoology, developmental biology, evolutionary morphology, protozoology, and eukaryote phylogeny.

I am particularly interested in the discovery and description of marine organismal diversity. I focus on the diversity and evolution of organisms, and the evolution of symbiotic interactions between algae and invertebrate animals and protists. My lab uses comparative molecular methods, as well as confocal laser scanning microscopy in order to study innovations in patterns of organismal diversity. Groups of particular interest are brachiopods, kinorhynchs, scalidophorans, cryptophytes, ciliates and dinoflagellates.

Are you interested in working on marine protists or meiofauna as a Marie-Curie postdoc? Please contact me, I am looking for candidates to apply for the new Horizon Europe - MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships program.

I participate in ongoing research projects focusing on documentation of Sámi traditional land use and knowledge in northern Norway and Finnmark. As part of the International Indigenous Salmon Peoples network and the Sharing our knowledge project I focus on Indigenous and Sámi leadership and participation in watershed governance and particularly in the Deatnu - Tana region. Several research projects support this effort: The RecoSal project lead by the Natural Resource Institute (LUKE) and the Tana River project lead by the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA). 

Research interests:

Indigenous fisheries and coastal Sami culture

Resource governance and indigenous participation

Methods for documentation of TEK and marine area (seascape) use, including GIS