Christine Grossen
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Research interests
Population genomics, evolutionary ecology, conservation genomics, mutation load, gene flow, wildlife immunogenetics, rewilding
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Education and professional positions
| 2019 - present | Independent Group Leader, Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2018 - present | Oberassistentin, Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2016 - present | Dozentin (Lecturer), University of Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2014 - 2018 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2013 - 2014 | Postdoctoral Fellow (SNSF Prospective Researcher), Biodiversity Research Center, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada |
| 2011 - 2013 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Switzerland and Biodiversity Research Center, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada |
| 2007 - 2011 | Ph.D, Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Switzerland |
| 2006 - 2007 | Research assistant, Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Switzerland |
| 2006 | Research assistant, Fish and Wildlife Biology, University of Montana, Missoula, USA |
| 2004 - 2005 | M.Sc. Ecology and Evolution, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ), Switzerland |
| 2001 - 2004 | Undergraduate studies in Biology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETHZ), Switzerland |
Selected publications
- Grossen C., Guillaume F., Keller LF., Croll D. (2020). Purging of highly deleterious mutations through severe bottlenecks in ibex. Nature Communications in press. DOI: 10.1101/605147
- Grossen C., Biebach I., Angelone-Alasaad S., Keller LF., Croll. D (2018). Population genomics analyses of European ibex species show lower diversity and higher inbreeding in reintroduced populations. Evolutionary Applications, 11:123–139. DOI: 10.1111/eva.12490
- Brambilla A., Keller L., Bassano B., Grossen C. (2018). Heterozygosity-fitness correlation at the major histocompatibility complex despite low variation in Alpine ibex (Capra ibex). Evolutionary Applications, 21, 433. DOI: 10.1111/eva.12575
- Grossen C., Seneviratne S., Croll D., Irwin DE. (2016). Strong reproductive isolation and narrow genomic tracts of differentiation among three woodpecker species in secondary contact. Molecular Ecology, 25, 4247–4266. DOI: 10.1111/mec.13751
- Grossen C., Keller LF., Biebach I., Croll D. (2014). The International Goat Genome, Consortium and Croll D. (2014). Introgression from Domestic Goat Generated Variation at the Major Histocompatibility Complex of Alpine Ibex. PLoS Genetics, 10(6):e1004438. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004438
