I am interested in understanding how new species originate.

I investigate the role of host–symbiont interactions in cichlid diversification, integrating genomics and eDNA metagenomics to characterize microbiota and parasite communities in adaptive radiations.

Understanding evolutionary processes that generate and maintain biodiversity

Phylogenomics and evolutionary transitions

Molecular evolution, reproductive patterns, and molecular ecology of sponges (and also polychaetes)

Evolutionary transitions

Investigating comparative genomics in blennies (Blenniidae)

Using field and molecular techniques to understand the evolutionary processes that generate and maintain biodiversity.