Research Focus
My research is rooted in evolutionary theory and is unified by the goal of understanding how adaptive and non-adaptive evolutionary processes interact in nature. Research areas range from evolutionary ecology to genomics and focus on topics such as sexual selection, adaptation, aquaculture, selective breeding and population demography. Whenever possible, I employ complementary approaches at the genomic, phenotypic, ecological and environmental level. My research has societal relevance in relation to the diversity crisis, nature conservation, primary production, sustainable development, and global change. Science Group Leader at Plant and Food Research Professor at Auckland University
Editorial Positions
Editor in Chief for Evolutionary Applications
Associate Editor for Molecular Ecology/Molecular Ecology Resources
Advisory Board TREE
Highlighted Publications
Balancing selection via life-history trade-offs maintains an inversion polymorphism in a seaweed fly
Mérot C, Llaurens V, Normandeau E, Bernatchez L, Wellenreuther M (2020, Nature Communications)
Read MoreHarnessing the power of genomics to secure the future of seafood
Bernatchez L, Wellenreuther M et al. (2017, Trends in Ecology and Evolution)
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Women in evolution – Highlighting the changing face of evolutionary biology
Wellenreuther M and Otto S (2016, Evolutionary Applications)
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