Current Members

Postdocs

Erin Louise Cole
  • Erin Louise Cole
  • erin.cole@bio.ku.dk

  • Social immune strategies, social immunization and the care-kill disease response in fungus-farming termites

 Suzanne Schmidt
  • Suzanne Schmidt
  • suzanne.schmidt@bio.ku.dk

  • Exploring the potential for the healthy protein-rich termite fungal crops to be used for human consumption

Research Consultants

Luka Alexander Civa
  • Luka Alexander Civa
  • vkj586@alumni.ku.dk

  • Luka's work in this group will be as an extra hand where needed, including tasks such as arranging group meetings and assisting in the lab

PhD Students

Guangshuo Li
  • Guangshuo Li
  • li.guangshuo@bio.ku.dk

  • Describe novel fungal species associated with termites and explore the origin, evolution and function of yeasts in termite gut

MSc Students

Sebastian Munch Kofoed
  • Sebastian Munch Kofoed
  • qsm675@alumni.ku.dk

  • The adaptions in Podaxis to different antifungal and defensive chemicals produced by termites

Zengran Zhang
  • Zengran Zhang
  • zpq521@alumni.ku.dk

  • Exploring the presence of viruses in the fungus-farming termites and their crop fungus, and seeking to reveal the signatures of evolutionary changes associated with virus and host phylogenies. 

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