Evolution results from the interplay between selection and the ability of organisms to evolve and adapt, that is, their Evolvability. Until recently, selection has been considered as the main dynamical force explaining variation in micro- and macroevolution. The aim of my research activity is to understand how much evolvability of complex characters, measured by their level of genetic variance, affects their evolution at both micro- and macroevolutionary timescales. I use experimental studies on different model organisms and comparative/meta-analyses to study evolvability. 

 

I am teaching courses at the institute of biology at NTNU in evolutionary biology (BI 2017) and in quantitative methods and experimental design in ecology and evolution (BI 3051).