My passion for plant evolution, systematics and taxonomy emerged early during my Bachelor's studies. I am particularly interested in high-throughput sequencing and bioinformatic analyses, which have become central to my research. While I have developed a keen interest in ferns and lycophytes over the past few years, I am now focusing on deepening my expertise in these fascinating plant groups. For my PhD research, I am investigating the evolutionary history of the fern genus Dryopteris in Eurasia using genomic data. This work aims to uncover the complex relationships within this genus and contribute to a deeper understanding of fern evolution.

Advisor: Dr. Michael Kessler, Co-Advisor: Prof. Dr. Weston Testo (University of Vermont, United States)

Keywords

Evolution, Phylogenetics, Pteridophytes, Systematics, Taxonomy

2024 – current
Doctor of Philosophy "Evolutionary Biology", Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Zurich

2024
Postgraduate Studentship at CSIRO (The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)
Master's thesis research project at the Australian Tropical Herbarium, Cairns, Queensland, Australia (Correspondence: Dr. Katharina Nargar)

2023 – 2024
Graduate Student Research Assistant at the Department of Systematics, Biodiversity and Evolution of Plants, University of Göttingen
Assembly and phylogenetic inference of plastome data of Ranunculus auricomus agg. (Correspondence: Prof. Dr. Elvira Hörandl)

2023 – 2024
Graduate Student Research Assistant at the Department of Geobiology, University of Göttingen
Morphological character matrix coding for Dennstaedtiaceae, Lindsaeaceae, and Saccolomataceae (Correspondence: Dr. Ledis Regalado)

2022 – 2024
Master of Science "Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution", University of Göttingen
Major studies: "Plant Systematics, Evolution and Phylogeny: Embryophyta"
Thesis: "Species delimitation of the Cooktown orchid (Dendrobium bigibbum, Orchidaceae)"
(Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Elvira Hörandl, Dr. Natascha D. Wagner)

2019 – 2022
Bachelor of Science "Biology", University of Göttingen
Thesis: "Whole chloroplast genome phylogeny of Rutaceae"
(Supervisor: Dr. Marc S. Appelhans, Prof. Dr. Elvira Hörandl)