Education:
MSc in Biology, Umeå University, May 1997
PhD in Ecology, Umeå University, May 2004
Docent (habilitation) in Limnology, Uppsala Universitet, December 2008

Current Professional Position:
070201 -            Assistant professor (Forskar-assistent) at the Department of Limnology, Uppsala University; Sweden.

Previous Professional Positions:
050201 - 070131         Postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Zoology,      UBC, Vancouver, Canada. (Postdoctoral collaborators:    Dolph Schluter, Michael Doebeli and Dan Bolnick)
040501 - 050131         Postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Limnology, EBC, Uppsala University. (Postdoctoral collaborator: Dr. Peter Eklöv)
020101 - 041231         Senior lecturer and assistant lecturer at the Department of Limnology, EBC, Uppsala University. Senior and assistant lecturer for “Limnology MN1”, “Limnology MN2”, “Ecology MN1”.
000924 - 010323         Visiting researcher (Doctoral grant, STINT, 100%), at the Section of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis, USA (Mentor: Peter C Wainwright).
970901 - 040430         PhD studies in Zoology and Ecology at the Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University (Supervisors: Dr. Peter Eklöv and Prof. Lennart Persson)
970101 - 011231         Senior lecturer and assistant lecturer at the Department of Biology and Education (BMG), Umeå University. Senior and assistant lecturer for “Biology AB”, “Zoology B”, “Ecology A”, “Biology C”, “Aquatic ecology”, “Population genetics”.
960101 - 970831         Research assistant (50%) to Professor L. Persson at the Department of Animal Ecology, Umeå University. Conducted laboratory and field research on implications of size-structured processes on food web dynamics.

Awards and Honours:
2004    KVA King Carl XVI Gustaf’s 50-years scholarship. This award is given by the Swedish King to young researchers that promotes and contributes to the knowledge and preservation of biological diversity.
2005    ESA George Mercer Award. The Mercer Award is given for an outstanding ecological research paper published within the past two years by researchers less than 40 years of age.

Supervision commissions:
- PhD thesis:
Main supervisor for:
2007 – exp 2012 Phillip Hirsch: “Adaptation of round gobies to invaded areas: evolutionary and ecological consequences”.

Co-supervisor for:
2002 –2006          Jens Olsson: “Genetic variation and phenotypic plasticity in perch”, co-supervised with Dr. Peter Eklöv (main supervisor), and Dr. Mats Björklund