The Research Group
Siri Fjellheim
Professor & Principal Investigator
Botanist Geneticist Mentor Motivator Facilitator
Marian Schubert
Researcher
As an evolutionary biologist I am generally interested in the molecular evolution of adaptive traits. Currently I am studying how Pooideae grasses adapted to the conditions in temperate environments.
Camilla Lorange Lindberg
PhD Candidate
I study the evolution of cold acclimation and its role in the successful adaptation of the grass subfamily Pooideae. Did the grasses evolve the possibility to accumulate fructan as a response to cold?
Martin Paliocha
PhD Candidate
How, why, and when do complex physiological traits evolve in plants? I try to find answers to these questions by studying the evolution of photoperiod-mediated flowering in temperate grasses.
Tesfakiros Semere Gebrelibanos
PhD Candidate
Together with Ola T. Westengen, I study the genetic structure and ethnobotany of Sorghum landraces in the State of Tigray, Ethiopia.
Ane Charlotte Hjertaas
MSc Student
Alumni
Ursula Brandes
PhD Candidate
w/ Line Rosef
2013 – 2019
Erica Helen Leder
Researcher
2016 – 2018
Thomas Marcussen
Postdoc
2015 – 2017
Lars Grønvold
PhD Candidate
w/ Torgeir Rhodén Hvidsten
2013 – 2017
Murat Bağcıoğlu
PhD Candidate
w/ Achim Kohler
2012 – 2016