As an ERC Postdoctoral Researcher at Ruhr University Bochum, I am passionate about understanding how plants respond to environmental challenges and how we can use genomics to improve their performance and resilience. I have more than eight years of experience in molecular biology, crop sciences, and genomics, working on diverse species such as cotton, rice, wheat, oilseed rape, and A. halleri.

In my current project, I am investigating the physiology, genetics, and genomics of A. halleri, a plant that can tolerate and accumulate high levels of heavy metals in its natural habitat. I have collected, managed, and sequenced over a thousand plants from different populations and phenotyped them under controlled conditions. I am also proficient in handling and analyzing large-scale SNP genotyping data, performing allele mining, GWAS, and QTL mapping, and applying genomic selection and prediction methods. My goal is to uncover the molecular mechanisms and evolutionary history of plant adaptation to metal stress and to contribute to the advancement of plant biotechnology and breeding.