Hej!
My name is Anna, and I recently joined the Pheromone group in the Sensory Biology unit as a PhD student this September.
I have a background in horticulture and recently finished my Master’s in plant biology at SLU, Alnarp. During my thesis work, I focused on how cotton plants respond to touch at the metabolic and transcriptomic levels, and how these responses influence the interactions with pests. Now, I’m excited to dive deeper into my passion for chemical ecology, insect behaviour, and neurobiology.
For my PhD research, I will investigate chemosensation in the larvae of the Eurasian spruce bark beetle, particularly focusing on characterising odour and taste receptors, under the guidance of my supervisors Martin N. Andersson and Olivier van Aken.
Outside of work, I love cooking, road biking, and spending creative time either knitting or in the pottery studio.
I am very excited to start working on my own projects, as well as being around all the very interesting and high-impact research going on at LU! See you around campus and at the Ecology building!
