My research generally covers evolutionary processes leading to plant adaptation and speciation. In the centre of my focus is polyploidisation (whole genome duplication), a major-effect mutation acting as a primary mechanism of sympatric speciation in plants. I aim to elucidate the key evolutionary mechanisms operating at various stages of polyploid speciation (e.g., origin and establishment of polyploid mutants) which are important for the potential evolutionary success of polyploid lineages.