Biography
I am Assistant Professor of Plant Ecology and Diversity at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. My research focuses on how plants respond to environmental change, with particular attention to reproductive ecology as a critical stage in the plant life cycle. I study the sensitivity of pollen, seeds, and seedlings to climatic stress and their role in determining species persistence, population dynamics, and community assembly.
A major part of my work is devoted to pollen thermotolerance in wild species. Together with collaborators, I have developed methods to assess pollen performance under heat stress and identified thermal limits that determine reproductive success. This research, supported by the German Research Council and other funding bodies, provides new perspectives on how climate warming affects plant reproduction and biodiversity resilience.
Through fieldwork in alpine, Arctic, and temperate ecosystems and collaborations across Europe and beyond, I aim to better understand the mechanisms driving plant adaptation and biodiversity responses under global change.
