Team

Head

Deborah Leigh
Prof. Deborah M. Leigh

Research Interests

Biodiversity Conservation and Restoration
Conservation Genomics
Macrogenetics

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Vita

2025 – present, Head of Section, Genomic Bimonitoring, Senckenberg Research Institute
2024 – present, Professor of Genomic Biomonitoring, Gothe University
2024 – 2025 LOEWE TBG Professor Genomic Biomonitoring, Senckenberg Research Institute
2022 – 2024 Scientist, Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL
2021 – 2022 Postdoctoral Fellow, Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL
2019 – 2021 Postdoctoral Fellow, Phytopathology, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL
2017 – 2018 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biology, Queen’s University
2013 – 2017 PhD, Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Zurich
2012-2013 MRes Ecology, Evolution and Conservation, Imperial College London
2008-2011 BSc Biological Sciences Hons. Zoology, University of Edinburgh

Research area Genomic Biomonitoring

Genomic Biomonitoring Team
Dr. Holly Nelson
Postdoctoral Fellow

Research area Macrogenetics

Dr. Ivo Colmonero Costeira
Postdoctoral Fellow

Research area Scientific Robotics

Administration and office management

Betel Johannes
Administration and office management