I am an ecologist focusing on insects. My research concerns insects in dead wood and their interactions with fungi, which forms an important component of the forest ecosystem. For this purpose I have used DNA-metabarcoding to characterise the fungal community. I have also worked with surveys of hollow oaks.
Forests, ecological entomology, species interactions, decomposition, dead wood, barcoding fungi, network analysis
2013 - 2017: Ph.D. in Ecology, The Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU).
Thesis title: The interaction of saproxylic beetles and fungi in dead wood of aspen during colonisation and succession
2011 - 2013: M.Sc. in General Ecology, The Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU).
Thesis title: Scale-specific responses of saproxylic beetles to dead wood abundance and forest characteristics.
2008 - 2011: B.Sc. in Biology, The Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU).