Dr. Vanessa Bieker

Department of Natural History
NTNU University Museum
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Trondheim, Norway

Vanessa Bieker is an evolutionary geneticist whose research interest lays in uncovering the genomic basis of species adaptation upon introduction to new environments. These introductions may have either happened through natural dispersal or through deliberate or accidental introductions by humans (invasive species). Bieker obtained her Ph.D. in 2021 from NTNU, where she worked on invasive plants. Her research utilizes historical herbarium and museum collections to track changes over time, and applies various methods from the field of evolutionary genomics, including population genomics, phylogenomics, and metagenomics.