Dr. Marianne Espeland

Head of section
Curator

Lepidoptera

Tel: +49 228 9122-220

Fax: +49 228 9122-212

Mail: m.espeland [at] leibniz-zfmk.de

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Profile

Field of work

Curator and Head of Lepidoptera Section

Research interests

Phylogenetics
Genomics
Integrative Taxonomy
DNA Taxonomy
Biogeography
Butterfly-ant interactions
African Polyommatines (Lycaenidae)
South American satyrines (Nymphalidae)
Caddisflies

Further information

External websites and profiles

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marianne_Espeland

Projects

2022

BGE - Biodiversity Genomics Europe

Unit:

Comparative Vertebrate Genomics, Biobank, Metabarcoding, Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera, Diptera

Project lead:

Astrid Böhne

Funding:

European Union

Evolutionary relationships and biogeography of the enigmatic West Indian butterfly genus Calisto, a high-throughput sequencing approach

The West Indies is an archipelago located on the Atlantic Ocean, close to central portion of the Americas. The West Indies consist of the Greater Antilles, the Lesser Antilles, and the Bahaman Islands in the north. Due to its geological complexity, the region has been considered a natural laboratory for studying species formation, adaptive radiation, and niche space occupation. While many plants groups are highly diverse, most faunal groups inhabiting the nearby continent are depauperated or completely absent from the islands including good dispersers like insects, birds, and bats.

Unit:

Lepidoptera

Project lead:

Dr. Rayner Nuñez

Funding:

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

DeRGA - Deutscher ReferenzGenom Atlas

German hub of the European Reference Genome AtlasBuilding up to the mission of the international ERGA, the German biodiversity genomics community aims at generating high-quality reference genomes of the German eukaryotic biodiversity:

Unit:

Comparative Vertebrate Genomics, Computational Genomics, High-performance Computing, Comparative Insect Genomics, Lepidoptera

Project lead:

Astrid Böhne

ERGA - The European Referen...

The European Reference Genome Atlas (ERGA) initiative is a pan-European scientific response to current threats to biodiversity. Reference genomes provide the most complete insight into the genetic basis that forms each species and represent a powerful resource in understanding how biodiversity functions. ERGA aims to sequence the genomes of all European species and will for this establish an interdisciplinary workflow.

Unit:

Comparative Vertebrate Genomics, Lepidoptera, Diptera, Comparative Insect Genomics, Biobank

Project lead:

Astrid Böhne

Funding:

European Union

Molecular phylogeny, biogeography and color pattern evolution of the burnet moth subfamily Chalcosiinae (Lepidoptera, Zygaenoidea, Zygaenidae)

The burnet moth subfamily Chalcosiinae is one of the most intriguing groups of Lepidoptera It is comprised of approximately 70 genera and 400 species distributed mainly in Eastern and Southeastern Asia, with only one genus and two species known to be restricted to the Western Palaearctic region. The mainly day-flying adults are well-known by their bright color, contrasting patterns together with fascinating mimicry relationships with other groups of Lepidoptera.

Unit:

Lepidoptera

Project lead:

Dr. Marianne Espeland

Funding:

China Scholarship Council

2021

The Caribbean Metalmark butterfly

Metalmarks butterflies, Riodinidae, are one of the six butterfly families. Most of its 1300 species are Neotropical, however, a single monotypic genus inhabits the West Indies. The Caribbean Metalmark, Dianesia carteri, is restricted Cuba and the Bahamas where several isolated populations are known. A first approach using barcodes suggest that Dianesia may comprise more than one species. The project will sample several populations using NGS data to compare them and reassess their taxonomic status.

Unit:

Lepidoptera, Molecular Laboratory, Centre for Molecular Biodiversity Research (zmb)

Project lead:

Dr. Rayner Nuñez

Funding:

Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation

The impact of mutualistic and parasitic life histories on butterfly diversification in an increasingly arid world

Understanding the mechanisms leading to diversification of species across time in a changing world remains a challenge. Africa was largely covered by forests until the middle Oligocene, when geological and climatic changes led to increasing aridification of the landmass. The current, iconic savanna and grassland ecosystems did not become well-established until around 8 million years ago. The effect of this increasing aridification on diversification has not been well-studied in animals, and especially not in insects.

Unit:

Lepidoptera, Statistical Phylogenetics and Phylogenomics, Staff Council, Herpetology, Morphology Laboratory

Project lead:

Dr. Marianne Espeland

Funding:

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

Comparative and experimental wing pattern genomics in Lepidoptera

Understanding coloration and its variation among species, especially in Lepidoptera, has fascinated scientists since the beginning of natural history. In this project we want to compare two genera that have different ecological strategies for protecting themselves from predators using their wing patterns. Hyles moths aim at camouflage while Zygaena show aposematic coloration warning predators of their toxicity.

Unit:

Lepidoptera

Project lead:

Dr. Marianne Espeland

Funding:

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

BALIN: Insect conservation at railway stations

The project is located in the field of action of light pollution of the German Federal Government's insect protection action programme.

Unit:

Centre for Biodiversity Monitoring and Conservation Science (zbm), Experimental and Applied Ecology, Metabarcoding, Lepidoptera

Project lead:

Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherber

2019

Pronophilina evolution

The goal of this project is to infer a phylogeographical hypothesis of a selected group of Lepidoptera, the subtribe Pronophilina, based on comprehensive phylogenetic and distributional data, and by doing so, to propose spatial and temporal patterns for the evolution of Andean faunas. The hypothesis is that the study group evolved in South America, and that its radiation is congruent with the uplift of the Andes and changing paleoclimates, hence with the availability of suitable habitats in South and continental Central America.

Unit:

Lepidoptera

Project lead:

Dr. Marianne Espeland

DNA barcoding of benthic invertebrates from Lake Sevan (Armenia)

Building a reference database of DNA barcodes for the Lake Sevan drainage basin

Unit:

Biobank, Lepidoptera, Department Arthropoda

Project lead:

Dr. Jonas Astrin

Funding:

German Academic Exchange Service

2018

Establishing a standardized and universally applicable set of nuclear-encoded markers for genome-wide multi-locus species delimitation of metazoans

Methods for delimiting species based on multi-gene nucleotide information are well established and provide the means to complement the classical COI barcoding approach, whose limitations are well known. Our research project aims at establishing a standardized set of single-copy nuclear-encoded markers for genome-wide multi-locus species delimitation by exploiting comparative genomic data and applying target DNA enrichment. Candidate markers are so-called Universal Single-Copy Orthologs (USCOs).

Unit:

Coleoptera, Arachnids, Statistical Phylogenetics and Phylogenomics, Staff Council, Directorate, Chair Systematic Zoology, Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera, Molecular Laboratory, Centre for Molecular Biodiversity Research (zmb), Myriapoda, Diptera

Project lead:

Dr. Dirk Ahrens

Funding:

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

Advancing the genomic revolution of species delimitation

1) Species delimitation of entirely or partially sympatric and taxonomically difficult species complexes in the light of genome-wide data2) Species delimitation under allopatry with no or limited gene flow at present3) Species delimitation of parapatric populations with hybridization zone and reduced gene flow4) Species delimitation in presence of asexuality

Unit:

Lepidoptera

Project lead:

Dr. Marianne Espeland

Funding:

Academy of Finland

Collecting expedition to Ghana

In August 2018, a team of exhibition planners, scientists and taxidermists of the Museum Koenig undertook a collection expedition to the Ankasa River Rainforest Reserve in the southwest of Ghana to collect original plant material for the authentic reproduction of the rainforest canopy habitat in the new Rainforest exhibition.

Unit:

Exhibition: Conception & Management, Special Exhibitions, Taxidermy, Arachnids, Staff Council, Mammalogy, Bat Banding Centre, Lepidoptera

Project lead:

Corinna Seibt

Funding:

Landschaftsverband Rheinland

Trichoptera of Ghana

The goal of this project is to assess the Trichoptera diversity in Ghana, and especially of the Ankasa Conservation area. Additionally, we want to generate a reference Barcode library for Ghanean caddisflies, since very few barcodes exists from species occurring in Ghana.

Unit:

Lepidoptera

Project lead:

Dr. Marianne Espeland

Funding:

Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig

Non-destructive morphological studies of old museum samples using modern techniques

The aim of this project is to use modern non-destructive techniques in order to asses important museum material. Traditionally, the preparation of the genitalia or other parts of the inner anatomy would require the preparation and thus the partial destruction of the sample which is often not possible with important type material. We avoid this by using approaches like µ-computed tomography to visualize the inner parts of these specimens in a non-invasive way.

Unit:

Lepidoptera, Morphology Laboratory, Chair Molecular Biodiversity Research

Project lead:

Dr. Marianne Espeland

Funding:

Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig

Apollo population genomics

Parnassius apollo (Papilionidae) is an iconic butterfly species with a wide distribution from Spain to China. The distribution is, however, very spotwise, and e.g. in Germany only a few populations remain. It is the only non-tropical butterfly protected under the CITES The goal of this project is to use whole genome sequencing to investigate the genetic diversity of Parnassius apollo across space and time. To do this we will use both fresh and museum specimens collected across the range of the species, and during the last 120 years.

Unit:

Lepidoptera, Molecular Laboratory

Project lead:

Dr. Marianne Espeland

Funding:

Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig

2017

GGBC: Assessment, Monitoring and Management of Caucasian Biodiversity

A Georgian-German initiative to explore and barcode the biodiversity of the Caucasus area

Unit:

Directorate, Chair Systematic Zoology, Biobank, Department Arthropoda, Coleoptera, Mammalogy, Lepidoptera, Herpetology, Administration, ZFMK International Graduate School, Biodiversity Informatics, Metabarcoding, Myriapoda, Arachnids, Staff Council, Diptera, Hymenoptera, Comparative Insect Genomics

Project lead:

Prof. Dr. Bernhard Misof

Funding:

Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Sequencing museum material

In this project we investigate how we efficiently can use old, dried, museum materil for phylogenomic studies. A hybrid enrichment kit for Lepidoptera is being designed and first test are promising, indicating that hundreds of genes can be successfully seqeunced for over 130 year old material.

Unit:

Lepidoptera, Statistical Phylogenetics and Phylogenomics, Centre for Molecular Biodiversity Research (zmb)

Project lead:

Dr. Marianne Espeland

Funding:

Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig

2016

ButterflyNet

ButterflyNet is a project funded by the National Science Fundation and aims to sequence ~400 genes for one member of all many butterfly species as possible using target enrichment

Unit:

Lepidoptera

Project lead:

Dr. Marianne Espeland

Funding:

National Science Foundation

2013

Phylogenomics, systematics and biogeography of the Euptychiina (Satyrinae, Nymphalidae)

This project is a collaboration together with Dr. Keith Willmott and Dr. Akito Kawahara at the Florida Museum of Natural History. Several studies have shown that the current classification of this group delimitated by Walter Forster in 1964 is problematic and at least half of the around 40 genera are non-monophyletic. To stabilize the higher-level classification we want to generate about 400 loci for 100 species to use as a backbone phylogeny for the group and then add five loci for as many as possible of the remaining ~400 species.

Unit:

Lepidoptera

Project lead:

Dr. Marianne Espeland

Funding:

National Science Foundation

2011

African ant blues

This project studies the life history evolution of African butterflies in the genus Lepidochrysops. Unlike 99% of Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies), the species in this genus are phyto-predaceous: caterpillars initially feed on flowers, but eventually lose interest in the plant and are carried by ants into the brood chamber of the nest. Here they either eat the brood directly, or are fed mouth-to-mouth like cuckoos for the remainder of their development. I'm currently inferring the phylogeny of the group and looking into life history evolution and biogeographical patterns

Unit:

Lepidoptera

Project lead:

Dr. Marianne Espeland

Funding:

Research Council of Norway

Publications

Published in

2024

Carvalho APS, Owens HL, St Laurent RA, Earl C, Dexter KM, Messcher RL, Willmott KR, Aduse-Poku K, Collins SC, Homziak NT, Hoshizaki S, Hsu Y-F, Kizhakke AG, Kunte K, Martins DJ, Mega NO, Morinaka S, Peggie D, Romanowski HP, Sáfián S, Vila R, Wang H, Braby MF, Espeland M, Breinholt JW, Pierce NE, Kawahara AY, Lohman DJ. 2024 Comprehensive phylogeny of Pieridae butterflies reveals strong correlation between diversification and temperature. iScience, 27, 109336

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Frandsen PB, Holzenthal RW, Espeland M, Breinholt J, Thomas Thorpe JA, Simon S, Kawahara AY, Plotkin D, Hotaling Sc, Li Y, Nelson CR, Niehuis O, Mayer C, Podsiadlowski L, Donath L, Misof B, Moriarty Lemmon E, Lemmon A, Morse JC, Liu S, Pauls SU, Zhou X. 2024. Phylogenomics recovers multiple origins of portable case making in caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera), nature’s underwater architects. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 291, 20240514

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Huang SY, Horie K, Zhang C, Zhang XY, Espeland M. 2024. Viridiflavoritia koxiae (Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae, Chalcosiinae), a new genus and a new species from China. Zootaxa, 5446, 441-449.

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Huang SY, Inayoshi Y, Legér T Espeland M. 2024. The riodinid taxa described by Rudolf Emil Mell (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea, Riodinidae), with notes on related ones. Zootaxa, 5481, 591-599

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Kahn M, Joshi M, Espeland M, Huemer P, Lopez-Vaamonde C, Mutanen M. 2024. Patterns of speciation in a parapatric pair of Saturnia moths as revealed by target capture. Molecular Ecology, 33, e17194

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Pyrcz TW, Boyer P, Petit J-C, Garlaz R, Zając-Garlacz KS, Espeland M, Willmott KR. 2024. Bedazzled: a new, striking species of Corades from the outskirts of Quito questions our knowledge of Andean cloud forest butterflies (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae). Zootaxa, 5453, 255-262

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Rduch, V., Dey, L.-S., Ghazaryan, A., Husemann, M., Iankoshvili, G., Krammer, H.-J., Lambrecht, M., Marabuto, E., Mengual, X., Müller, B., Peters, R.S., Rulik, B., Salden, T., Silva-Brandão, K.L., Espeland, M., Thormann, J., Töpfer, T., Weiss, C., Żyła, D. & Hein, N. (2024): Exkursion in den Kaukasus: Der CaBOL BioBlitz 2022 in Armenien und Georgien. Koenigiana 18: 21-40

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2023

Bourlat S.J., Koch M., Kirse A., Langen K., Espeland M., Giebner H., Decher J., Ssymank A., Fonseca V.G. (2023): Metabarcoding dietary analysis in the insectivorous bat Nyctalus leisleri and implications for conservation. Biodiversity Data Journal 11: e111146. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.11.e111146

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Boyle JH, Espeland M, Sáfián S, Ducarme R, Gardiner AJ, Coleman JW, Heath A, Fisher S, Collins SC, Martins DJ, Aduse-Poku K, Libert M, Dankowicz E, Kawahara AY, Lohman DJ, Pierce NE. 2023. Phylogeny of the Poritiinae (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), butterflies with ant associations and unusual lichenivorous diets. Systematic Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12585

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Braby, M. F., Müller, C., Espeland, M. (2023): Four species in one: taxonomic revision of the Eirmocides helenita (Semper, 1879) complex (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from Australia and New Guinea. Austral Entomology, 62, 167-190.

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Dietz, L., Eberle, J., Mayer, C., Kukowka, S., Bohacz, C., Baur, H., Espeland, M., Huber, B.A., Hutter, C., Mengual, X., Peters, R.S., Vences, M., Wesener, T., Willmott, K., Misof, B., Niehuis, O., Ahrens, D., 2023. Standardized nuclear markers improve and homogenize species delimitation in Metazoa. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 14, 543-555 https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14041

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Espeland M, Chazot N, Condamine F, Lemmon AR, Lemmon EM, Pringle E, Heath A, Collins S, Tiren W, Mutiso M, Lees DC, Fisher S, Murphy R, Woodhall S, Tropek R, Ahlborn SS, Cockburn K, Dobson J, Bouyer T, Kaliszewska ZA, Baker, CCM, Talavera G, Vila R, Gardiner AJ, Williams M, Martins DJ, Sáfián S, Edge DA, Pierce NE. 2023. Rapid radiation of ant parasitic butterflies during the Miocene aridification of Africa. Ecology and Evolution 13, e10046.

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Espeland M, Nakahara S, Zacca T, Barbosa EP, Huertas B, Marín MA, Lamas G, Benmesbah M, Brévignon C, Casagrande MM, Fåhraeus C, Grishin N, Kawahara AY, Mielke OHH, Miller JY, Nakamura I, Navas V, Patrusky B, Pyrcz TP, Richards L, Tan D, Tyler S, Viloria À, Warren AD, Xiao L, Freitas AVL, Willmott KR. 2023. Combining target enrichment and Sanger sequencing data to clarify the systematics of the diverse Neotropical butterfly subtribe Euptychiina (Nymphalidae, Satyrinae). Systematic Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12590

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Huang, S. Y., Horie, K., Fan, X.-L., Wang, M., Espeland, M. (2023): A review of the genus Agalope Walker (Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae, Chalcosiinae) with taxonomic notes and descriptions of three new genera and three new species. Zootaxa. 5284, 291-321.

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Huang, S. Y., Zhang, Y. L., Horie, K., Espeland, M. (2023):. A new species of the genus Eterusia Hope from western China (Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae, Chalcosiinae). Zootaxa 5270, 124-132.

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Kawahara, A.Y., Storer, C., Carvalho, A.P.S., Plotkin, D.M., Condamine, F.L., Braga, M.P., Ellis, E.A., St Laurent, R.A., Li, X., Barve, V., Cai, L., Earl, C., Frandsen, P.B., Owens, H.L., Valencia-Montoya, W.A., Aduse-Poku, K., Toussaint, E.F.A., Dexter, K.M., Doleck, T., Markee, A., Messcher, R., Nguyen, Y.-L., Badon, J.A.T., Benítez, H.A., Braby, M.F., Buenavente, P.A.C., Chan, W.-P., Collins, S.C., Rabideau Childers, R.A., Dankowicz, E., Eastwood, R., Fric, Z.F., Gott, R.J., Hall, J.P.W., Hallwachs, W., Hardy, N.B., Sipe, R.L.H., Heath, A., Hinolan, J.D., Homziak, N.T., Hsu, Y.-F., Inayoshi, Y., Itliong, M.G.A., Janzen, D.H., Kitching, I.J., Kunte, K., Lamas, G., Landis, M.J., Larsen, E.A., Larsen, T.B., Leong, J.V., Lukhtanov, V., Maier, C.A., Martinez, J.I., Martins, D.J., Maruyama, K., Maunsell, S.C., Mega, N.O., Monastyrskii, A., Morais, A.B.B., Müller, C.J., Naive, M.A.K., Nielsen, G., Padrón, P.S., Peggie, D., Romanowski, H.P., Sáfián, S., Saito, M., Schröder, S., Shirey, V., Soltis, D., Soltis, P., Sourakov, A., Talavera, G., Vila, R., Vlasanek, P., Wang, H., Warren, A.D., Willmott, K.R., Yago, M., Jetz, W., Jarzyna, M.A., Breinholt, J.W., Espeland, M., Ries, L., Guralnick, R.P., Pierce, N.E., Lohman, D.J., (2023): A global phylogeny of butterflies reveals their evolutionary history, ancestral hosts and biogeographic origins. Nature Ecology & Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02041-9

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Pyrcz, T. W., Boyer, P., Cerdeña Gutierrez, J. A., Mahecha Jimenez, O., Lorenc-Brudecka, J., Zajac, K. S., Garlacz, R., Mrozek, A., Lachowska-Cierlik, D., Farfán, J., Fåhraeus, C., Lamas, G., Espeland, M. (2023): Diversity and relationships between Andean shrubland puna butterflies in the genus Punargentus (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae). European Journal of Taxonomy, 120, 324-337.

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Pyrcz, T. W., Willmott, K. R., Lachowska-Cierlik, D., Mrozek, A., Florczyk, K., Mahecha-J., O., Espeland, M. (2023): Phylogeny and systematics of the “Pronophila clade,” with 2 new genera to resolve the formerly polyphyletic genus Pseudomaniola (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae). Insect Systematics and Diversity, 7, 1-20.

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Pyrcz, T., Lachowska-Cierlik, D., Willmott, K. R., Mrozek, A., Mahecha-Jimenez, O., Fåhraeus ,C., Boyer, P., Martin, S., Espeland, M. (2023): A new genus in the diverse Andean Pedaliodes complex uncovered using target enrichment (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). Systematic Entomology, 48, 163-177.

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2022

Dietz L., Eberle J., Kukowka S., Mayer C., Bohacz C., Baur, H., Espeland M., Huber B., Hutter, C., Mengual X., Peters R.S., Vences M., Wesener T., Willmott K., Misof B., Niehuis O., Ahrens D. (2022) Standardized nuclear markers improve and homogenize species delimitation in Metazoa. Methods in Ecology and Evolution

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Presentations

Talks

2019 22th Congress of Societas Europaea Lepidoptera, Campobasso, Italy (invited, oral)

2019 Entomology congress, Halle (Saale), Germany (2 oral, 1 invited)

2018 Biology of Butterflies Post-conference Workshop, Honey Valley, Kodagu, India (multiple lectures)

2018 ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bangalore, India (invited seminar)

2018 8th International Conference on the Biology of Butterflies, Bangalore, India (oral, organization of symposium)

2018 Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Entomology, České Budějovice, Czechia (invited seminar)

2018 Charles University, Dept. of Ecology, Prague, Czechia (invited seminar)

2018 Jagiellonian University, Zoological Museum, Krakow, Poland (invited seminar)

2017 Lund University, Lund, Sweden (invited seminar)

2017 1st AfroLepidoptera Network meeting, Krakow, Poland (invited, oral)

2017 Natural History Museum, UK, London (invited seminar)

2017 20th European Congress of Lepidopterology, Podgora, Croatia. (oral)

2017 Altitude gradients in the Neotropics Workshop, Dresden, Germany (Invited, oral)

2016 Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, MA, USA (invited seminar)

2015 Association for Tropical Lepidoptera Annual Meeting, Gainesville, FL, USA (oral)

2015 7th Dresden meeting on Insect Phylogeny, Dresden, Germany (oral)

2015 NomiFest. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (invited, oral)

2015 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland (invited seminar)

2014 McGuire Center of Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. Seminar (invited, oral)

2014 Alexander Koenig Museum, Bonn, Germany. Seminar (invited, oral)

2014 Association for Tropical Lepidoptera Annual Meeting, Gainesville, FL, USA (oral)

2014 7th International Conference on the Biology of Butterflies, Turku, Finland (invited, oral)

2014 Cambridge Entomological Club, Cambridge, MA, US (invited seminar)

2013 Stockholm University, Zoology department, Sweden (invited seminar)

2013 Stockholm Entomological Society, Stockholm, Sweden (invited seminar)

2013 Annual Meeting of the Lepidopterists' Society, Gainesville, FL, USA. (Oral)

2013 CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, Canberra, Australia (invited seminar)

2012 First Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology, Ottawa, Canada. (Oral)

2011 Annual meeting of the Lepidopterist's society of Africa, Cape Town, South Africa. (Oral)

2011 12th R.J.H Hintelmann scientific award lecture. Munich, Germany (invited seminar).

2010 Systematikdagerna (Swedish Systematic days). Gothenburg, Sweden. (Oral)

2010 Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, MA, US. Giribet lab (invited seminar)

2010 VI Southern Connection Congress. Bariloche, Argentina. (Oral)

Teaching

Courses

Bachelor-level

2009: Zoo-physiology (histology), Stockholm Universität

2008-2010: Organism diversity and phylogeny, Stockholm Universität, Stockholm Universität

Master-level

2006, 2008: Systematic Zoology (entomology part), Swedish Museum of Natural History

2017: Theory and practice of phylogenetic systematics, Uni. Bonn, OEP Master Programm

2017-present: Evolution, Diversity and Biology of Arthropods (Lepidoptera and Trichoptera), Uni. Bonn, OEP Master programm

2020-present: Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Genomics. Uni. Bonn, OEP Master programm

EDUCATION

Oct. 2010. Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in systematic zoology, Stockholm University/ Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden. Thesis title: “Diversification on an ancient Darwinian island: Evolutionary history of caddisflies and other organisms on New Caledonia”.

April 2008. Licentiate of Philosophy (Lic. Phil.) in systematic zoology, Stockholm University. Thesis:”New Caledonian caddisflies: Taxonomy, phylogenetics and what rocks have to do with it”.

Dec. 2004. Candidatus scientarium (M.Sc) in systematic biology. Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway. Thesis: “The systematics of the lowland and mountain forms of the green-veined white butterfly Pieris napi L. (Lepidoptera)”.

May 2003. Candidatus magisterii (B.Sc.) in biology. Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2016-present. Curator of Lepidoptera and Head of the Lepidoptera Section, Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, Germany

2014-2015. Postdoctoral research associate, McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida. Laboratories of Dr Keith Willmott, Dr. Akito Kawahara and Dr. Jackie Miller

2011-2014. Postdoctoral fellow, Museum of Comparative Zoology and Department of Organismic and Evolutionary biology, Harvard University. Lab of Prof. Naomi Pierce. Funded by the Research Council of Norway.

2006-2011. PhD stuent, Department of Zoology, Stockholm University / Entomology department, Swedish Museum of Natural History.

2005-2006. Curatorial assistant at the Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology department.

2005. Research technician at the Norwegian Crop Research Institute, Særheim, Norway.

2005. Research assistant at the Museum of Natural History and Archaeology, Department of Natural History, Trondheim, Norway.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

2019-2023. General secretary of the Societas Europaea Lepidopterologica

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