Field site at Risør fjord in Norway.
About
I (she/her) am a marine evolutionary ecologist interested in how organisms respond to environmental change, including how adaptation to local environments in the past influences contemporary plastic responses and current/future environmental adaptation. My research uses interdisciplinary experimental, genomic, and modelling studies of natural populations to understand the ecological and genetic mechanisms of adaptation to local environments across different spatial and temporal scales. I believe that the answers to these questions are critical for predicting the persistence of species in the face of environmental change and for managing populations effectively to lower the potential for extinctions and losses of biodiversity.
I'm currently based at the Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis and the Natural History Museum at the University of Oslo and at the Centre for Coastal Research and Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research at the University of Agder. I completed my MSc and PhD with Dr. Jeff Hutchings at Dalhousie University on the genomic basis and spatial scale of variation in temperature responses of Atlantic cod populations. I completed my postdoc as a James S. McDonnell Foundation Fellow in Understanding Dynamic and Multi-scale Systems at the University of Oslo. My research program is currently interested in integrating genomic data into eco-evolutionary models for predicting population responses to environmental change (i.e. "genomic forecasting"), as well as the role of behaviour and mating systems in environmental responses and adaptation. I co-lead the scientific and artistic project TORSKETROMMING ('COD DRUMMING'), which investigates the role of drumming vocalizations in the Atlantic cod mating ritual and human-cod connection by combining natural scientific, artistic, and social scientific practices.
High quality reference genomes are invaluable to genomic forecasting of biodiversity. I am a founding member and Council Representative for Norway in the European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA), the Project Lead for the University of Oslo in Biodiversity Genomics Europe, and the Scientific Coordinator for the Earth Biogenome Project Norway (EBP-Nor), consortia which aim to sequence the genomes of all eukaryotic species in Europe/Norway as part of the Earth Biogenome Project that aims to sequence all such species on Earth in a distributed, inclusive, and just manner. Within ERGA, I co-chair the Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues (ELSI) Committee. I'm also an open science advocate and an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Data.
Check out THE TEAM page for opportunities to join!
I'm currently based at the Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis and the Natural History Museum at the University of Oslo and at the Centre for Coastal Research and Centre for Artificial Intelligence Research at the University of Agder. I completed my MSc and PhD with Dr. Jeff Hutchings at Dalhousie University on the genomic basis and spatial scale of variation in temperature responses of Atlantic cod populations. I completed my postdoc as a James S. McDonnell Foundation Fellow in Understanding Dynamic and Multi-scale Systems at the University of Oslo. My research program is currently interested in integrating genomic data into eco-evolutionary models for predicting population responses to environmental change (i.e. "genomic forecasting"), as well as the role of behaviour and mating systems in environmental responses and adaptation. I co-lead the scientific and artistic project TORSKETROMMING ('COD DRUMMING'), which investigates the role of drumming vocalizations in the Atlantic cod mating ritual and human-cod connection by combining natural scientific, artistic, and social scientific practices.
High quality reference genomes are invaluable to genomic forecasting of biodiversity. I am a founding member and Council Representative for Norway in the European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA), the Project Lead for the University of Oslo in Biodiversity Genomics Europe, and the Scientific Coordinator for the Earth Biogenome Project Norway (EBP-Nor), consortia which aim to sequence the genomes of all eukaryotic species in Europe/Norway as part of the Earth Biogenome Project that aims to sequence all such species on Earth in a distributed, inclusive, and just manner. Within ERGA, I co-chair the Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues (ELSI) Committee. I'm also an open science advocate and an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Data.
Check out THE TEAM page for opportunities to join!
Photo credit: Espen Bierud
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Photo credit: Tore Jonssen c/o TV Agder
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Aftenposten, 12/11/2019. Photo credit: Erling Svensen
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News:
28/09/22: Thrilled to be a part of the global team launching Biodiversity Genomics Europe today! I will lead the University of Oslo's contributions to the project: community sampling and sequencing "difficult" species for reference genome generation of European biodiversity. Read more: 'Forskere vil samle DNA fra alle arter i Europa - for det er for sent'.
21/09/22: Speaking at a public meeting on the cod crisis in Skagerrak/Oslofjord, I was delighted to meet so many engaged fishers and members of the public who are concerned with these issues. Coincidentally, our new paper 'Warming accelerates the onset of the molecular stress response and increases mortality of larval Atlantic cod' was published today!
22/08/22: New preprint! 'Comparison of de novo and reference genome-based transcriptome assembly pipelines for differential expression analysis of RNA sequencing data'. Stay tuned for the companion paper about the biological findings!
16/07/22: Our sound sculptural performance work Cod Connection (part of TORSKETROMMING) showed at Torsken Kunstfestival in Grimstad this weekend. Fun to see it develop in a new context! Stay tuned for Arendal 27/08/22.
11/07/22: Officially joining the Earth Biogenome Project Norway (EBP-Nor) team as the Scientific Coordinator today. Looking forward to bridging national, European, and global efforts to sequence the genomes of all eukaryotes!
19/05/22: Our open access review 'Genomic reaction norms inform predictions of plastic and adaptive responses to environmental change' is out now as part of the special issue Understanding climate change response in the age of genomics at the Journal of Animal Ecology.
30/04/22: We premiered the new iteration of the TORSKETROMMING project at Only Connect Festival of Sound at MUNCH in Oslo through a public lecture, concert, and mobile sound installation.
11/04/22: Our obituary for my late mentor and friend Jeff Hutchings is now available in Fish & Fisheries. We hope to shed light on the breadth and depth of his impact globally on both professional and personal levels.
06/04/22: Wrapping up my time as a JSMF fellow with one last visit to the Santa Fe Institute was as inspiring as ever! So grateful for the support and freedom the JSMF-SFI community gave me over the last few years.
09/03/22: I was honoured to deliver a keynote talk entitled 'Towards forecasting fish responses to environmental change' at the annual LUOVA Spring Symposium at the University of Helsinki.
06/03/22: A new open access paper led by postdoc Jeppe Rasmussen presents a new software for efficiently measuring larval fish size from photographs. It can work with larger fish as well, give it a try!
More...
28/09/22: Thrilled to be a part of the global team launching Biodiversity Genomics Europe today! I will lead the University of Oslo's contributions to the project: community sampling and sequencing "difficult" species for reference genome generation of European biodiversity. Read more: 'Forskere vil samle DNA fra alle arter i Europa - for det er for sent'.
21/09/22: Speaking at a public meeting on the cod crisis in Skagerrak/Oslofjord, I was delighted to meet so many engaged fishers and members of the public who are concerned with these issues. Coincidentally, our new paper 'Warming accelerates the onset of the molecular stress response and increases mortality of larval Atlantic cod' was published today!
22/08/22: New preprint! 'Comparison of de novo and reference genome-based transcriptome assembly pipelines for differential expression analysis of RNA sequencing data'. Stay tuned for the companion paper about the biological findings!
16/07/22: Our sound sculptural performance work Cod Connection (part of TORSKETROMMING) showed at Torsken Kunstfestival in Grimstad this weekend. Fun to see it develop in a new context! Stay tuned for Arendal 27/08/22.
11/07/22: Officially joining the Earth Biogenome Project Norway (EBP-Nor) team as the Scientific Coordinator today. Looking forward to bridging national, European, and global efforts to sequence the genomes of all eukaryotes!
19/05/22: Our open access review 'Genomic reaction norms inform predictions of plastic and adaptive responses to environmental change' is out now as part of the special issue Understanding climate change response in the age of genomics at the Journal of Animal Ecology.
30/04/22: We premiered the new iteration of the TORSKETROMMING project at Only Connect Festival of Sound at MUNCH in Oslo through a public lecture, concert, and mobile sound installation.
11/04/22: Our obituary for my late mentor and friend Jeff Hutchings is now available in Fish & Fisheries. We hope to shed light on the breadth and depth of his impact globally on both professional and personal levels.
06/04/22: Wrapping up my time as a JSMF fellow with one last visit to the Santa Fe Institute was as inspiring as ever! So grateful for the support and freedom the JSMF-SFI community gave me over the last few years.
09/03/22: I was honoured to deliver a keynote talk entitled 'Towards forecasting fish responses to environmental change' at the annual LUOVA Spring Symposium at the University of Helsinki.
06/03/22: A new open access paper led by postdoc Jeppe Rasmussen presents a new software for efficiently measuring larval fish size from photographs. It can work with larger fish as well, give it a try!
More...
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