Hanna Johannesson
About me
I am the holder of the Bergianus professorship, appointed by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and with placement here at DEEP. I established my own independent research group at Uppsala University in 2005, after a PhD at the Swedish Agricultural University and a postdoc at University of California at Berkeley. I achieved an Associate Professorship (docentur) in 2006 and between 2007 and 2013 I held a senior research position (rådsforskartjänst) funded by the Swedish Research Council (VR). Since December 2013 I am a full professor, and sine January 2024 I am a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Research
My research interest lies in the interface between mycology and evolutionary biology. I study fungal life history traits and explore general evolutionary questions such as natural selection operating at multiple levels in the biological hierarchy, the causes and consequences of symbioses and switches in reproductive mode. In particular, with funding from VR and the European Research Council (ERC) I was in recent years given the opportunity to dive deep into the causes and evolutionary consequences of meiotic drive. The lab also study fungi from extreme environments, and their genomic adaptations.
Publications
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