My pronouns are he/they
My research generally concerns how trees and forests adapt in this changing world, in relevance to their conservation and management. My current focus is on the accumulation and consequences of somatic mutation in ancient pedunculate oaks (Quercus robur). De novo somatic mutations are stable, irreversible changes due to DNA replication errors. I makes use of the multi-stemmed morphology of oaks, which captures somatic mutations at each branch of different age. I test whether certain traits or mutations can be inherited via the germline, measure demographic consequences of fitness, and try to detect signals of adaptation using paleoclimatic data.
