Short Biography
After graduate and post-graduate studies at the Royal Institute
of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, I received my Ph.D. degree in
1999. My thesis was based on the development of techniques for
analysis of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from minute DNA samples,
and their use in forensic
and population genetic studies, especially for studies of
dogs and wolves.
After a post-doc period at the Max-Planck Institute in Leipzig,
working on ancient human remains, I returned to KTH. Based on
techniques and data collections developed during my post-graduate
period I have continued my population genetic and evolutionary
studies of the domestic dog and the development of forensic
methods, and I have also served as forensic expert scientist
for the Swedish police. I have, furthermore, worked with large-scale
sequencing, especially EST sequencing, and expression analysis
of animals. However, my main scientific interest ever since
my dissertation has been population genetic studies of the origin
and history of the domestic dog. Based on a unique sample collection
from more than 1,000 dogs from around the world, and my collaborations
with research groups in China and Australia, detailed information
about the origin of
the domestic dog and the Australian dingo have been obtained.
After receiving a four-year funding for population genetic
studies of the origin and history of the domestic dog I will
now concentrate my research efforts on reconstructing in detail
the genetic history of the domestic dog.
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