Researchers and their topics are presented in an alphabetical order.
I am a paleoentomologist with a broad interest in the evolutionary history of insects, particularly their morphological evolution, using techniques such as geometric morphometrics.
My current research investigates the evolutionary history of Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) and Trichoptera (caddisflies), including their extinct stem-relatives. The project I am part of, as a post-doctoral researcher, seeks to unravel the diversification processes of these sister groups—one terrestrial and the other with aquatic larvae—and their responses to major historical events.
My previous research focused on the impact of biological crises on another aquatic insect order, the Odonata (dragonflies, damselflies, and their stem relatives), analyzing their morphological disparity patterns over time.
My research interests focus on the systematics, evolution and biogeography of beetles, the most diverse organisms, whose study illuminates our wider understanding of biology. I employ a combination of modern molecular and morphological methodology, with a focus on reconstructing evolutionary history within the families Carabidae and Scarabaeidae.
I use integrative methods, that is, combine morphological, genomic, and paleontological data to study the diversity, phylogenetic relationships, and evolutionary history of insects.
My project funded by the Research Council of Finland explores the evolutionary history of Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) and their sistergroup, Trichoptera (caddisflies). Lepidoptera are one of the largest groups of terrestrial insects, whereas Trichoptera have considerably fewer species and have an aquatic larval stage. We aim to understand when these two insect orders with very different life histories evolved and how they have been affected by events in the history of Earth. This brings important information as we seek to predict, for example, effects of climate change on living organisms.
I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Finnish Museum of Natural History (LUOMUS). In the current project, I study genomes of Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) and Trichoptera (caddisflies) to understand the evolutionary history and patterns of diversification of these two terrestrial and aquatic sister orders with different life histories. Previously, in my PhD thesis, using a combination of morphological and genetic/genomic markers, I explored phylogeography of freshwater copepods and mysids to understand how past climatic events shaped the current species distribution and genetic diversity.
My fundamental interest is understanding how the speciation and diversification process are affected by historical and environmental factors. I am also excited about how various bioinformatic and phylogenomic methods could unveil species evolutionary histories.
I specialise in the field of molecular phylogenetics and systematics, focusing on unraveling the evolutionary history of insects, specifically Lepidoptera and Hymenoptera as model organisms. My research has predominantly involved the application of High-Throughput Sequencing techniques and bioinformatics tools to explore biodiversity patterns at the genomic level, conduct objective species delimitation, and examine historical introgression and gene flow among closely related taxa.
I am a biologist with a PhD in Entomology from Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. My interests go in 5 main directions: 1) Curation of a scientific collection of soft-bodied hexapodes, with a focus on Collembola; 2) Taxonomy, systematics and biogeography of soil arthropods using morphological and molecular data; 3) Morphological and functional study of arthropods, using microscopy techniques for 3D reconstructions, such as confocal microscopy and micro tomography; 4) Biomechanical study of invertebrates; 5) Scientific communication aimed at different audiences, and the use of children's literature as a tool.
I am a passionate evolutionary biologist specialized in the comparative morphology and systematics of bees. My research program is developed in the interface of morphology, phylogenetics, comparative methods, and computer science. My goal is to develop new tools to better understand the evolution of complex traits in bees and other organisms, particularly insects. I am also interested in developing new semantic data models to describe and integrate anatomical knowledge of insects using computational ontologies.
My research focuses on systematics and biodiversity of geometrid moths globally, a megadiverse insect radiation of 24 000 species. My research is characterised by large-scale international projects that have a global view, and they often combine molecular and morphological data. I am one of the authors of landmark monograph series The Geometrid Moths of Europe.
My research concerns molecular systematics and taxonomy of hoverflies (Diptera, Syrphidae) and and flat-footed flies (Platypezidae) employing both morphological and molecular data and different analytical methods. Recent studies include genomics-based approaches to investigate presence of chemosensory receptors in smoke-flies. This study focus on documenting fire-specific adaptions in insects attracted to smoke, collaborative research with Dr. Victoria Twort (University of Helsinki). I have continuous international collaboration with European hoverfly researchers.
The Taxo-Fly project is an EU-funded service contract to generate taxonomic information for all European hoverflies. The core project duration is 2021-2024, with an one-year extension until 2025