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Professor Aurélien Tellier's research focuses on evolutionary mechanisms of plant adaptation to environmental conditions, considering aspects such as climatic factors and resistance to various parasites, including bacteria, fungi, and insects. His primary research interest is the study of plant-parasite coevolution, especially long-term seed dormancy in wild tomato species endemic to South America. He develops population genetics theoretical models to understand genome evolution at the population and species levels. Furthermore, he conducts empirical studies in plant evolutionary genetics, utilizing DNA sequences and laboratory experiments to characterize genes involved in adaptations. Professor Tellier studied agronomy, plant biology, genetics, and statistics at ENITA (Bordeaux, France) and population genetics at INAPG (Paris, France). He received his doctorate from the John Innes Centre (Norwich, UK) in 2007, followed by five years as a postdoctoral research fellow at LMU Munich, funded by grants from the Volkswagen Foundation and the German Research Foundation (DFG). In 2012, he took on the role of associate professor in population genetics at the Technical University of Munich.
Technical University of Munich • Munich, Germany
Teaching and research in population genetics.