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Hej everyone! My name is Carolina Pacheco, and I am a postdoc with Bengt Hansson in the evolutionary ecology and infection biology section and Hernán Morales in the section for hologenomics at the Globe Institute (Copenhagen).

My background is in population and landscape genomics, and I am passionate about understanding the dynamics of genetic erosion in wild populations. Specifically, I focus on disentangling the drivers of spatial and temporal patterns of genetic diversity. Currently, my research involves studying two Mauritian birds: the pink pigeon and the echo parakeet. However, I aim to expand my research to include other species facing different conservation challenges.

In my free time, I love dancing, hiking, enjoying a good book with a cup of tea, going for a beer with friends, and, very recently, I have started crocheting (which means I also spend some time undoing what took me a week to do).

maj 27, 2024

Inger Ekström

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Hi, my name is Maria Roth. I started my new job as a financial administrator at the Department of Biology in April. I am very excited to join Lund University!

I have worked in accounting for many years now, mostly in the private sector. In my new position I will handle travel expenses, invoices, invoicing, and many other financial tasks. 

In my spare time, I am with my family, gardening, reading books, taking walks and I also like to do yin yoga.

You will find me in the Ecology building.
See you around!

maj 24, 2024

Anders Örtegren

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Hey there! I’m Isa and I just started as a PhD student at the Functional ecology division where I will be supervised by Erik Selander. My background is in physics, which I also studied in Lund. I specialised in optics and spent a year at CERN in Geneva, where I worked with laser ionisation. This was a bit too abstract for me, and since I had always been interested in the intersection of technology and nature I decided to write my master’s thesis at the bio-photonics group in Lund. For this project I designed an instrument that captures backscattered sunlight from free-flying insects.

Now, I get to continue working on the intersection of physics and biology for this PhD project, which will be about in-situ zooplankton imaging. I am super excited to get to work at the Department of Biology in Lund, and look forward to all the cool projects that I will get to work on the next years!

Besides playing with lasers, I enjoy going for a swim at one the many great bathing spots in Malmö, play the piano or go spend some time in nature with my camper.

maj 8, 2024

Inger Ekström

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Hi everyone!
I’m Ximena Alva, I’m a new PhD student working with Lars Råberg on the evolution of the immune system in rodents.

I was born in Peru, where I did my Bachelor’s studying the changes in distribution and behavior of tropical birds and primates. Afterward, I did an Erasmus Mundus Master’s in Evolutionary Biology at Uppsala University and the University of Munich (LMU). In my last semester, I decided to do my thesis here in Lund, studying the population genetics of Mediterranean lizards with Nathalie Feiner.

Now, I am excited to be part of the Evolutionary ecology and infection biology division, where I’ll merge those two topics by looking at the evolution of immune genes in bank voles while also adding a functional angle to it.

In my spare time, I like playing board games and DnD, going to concerts, and hiking/birdwatching whenever the weather permits.

I’m looking forward to meeting you all. See you around!

april 23, 2024

Inger Ekström

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