I am currently a postdoc in the Lund Vision Group and here I will work with Almut Kelber and look further into what factors that influence visual mate detection in butterflies. Even though mate locating behavior has been studied for a long time in butterflies we still do not fully understand how vision plays a role in this behavior. I believe that studies on visual ecology will give us a more comprehensive understanding of the behavior and ecology in insects in general.
My broad interest in biology is behavioral ecology, with a particular focus on insects. Much of my research has focused on butterflies and strategies used by males to locate females. For butterflies this is a purely visual task and it is essential to understand vision to fully understand behavior and ecology in this group of animals.
I did my PhD at the Department of Zoology at Stockholm University under the guidance of Christer Wiklund. My dissertation was focused on territoriality in butterflies using the speckled wood butterfly (Pararge aegeria) as a model. After my PhD I went to Arizona State University to work with Ron Rutowski. As a part of the Rutowski lab I studied how visual factors influence mate detection in the hackberry butterfly (Asterocampa leilia). I also study how colors can be used as visual signals in butterflies and how this interacts with behavior and ecology.
