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Bushra Shahid is a doctoral student at ETH Zurich, specializing in ecological plant genetics within the Department of Environmental Systems Science. Her research is focused on the phylogenetics and evolutionary processes of the genus Dianthus, which includes over 300 species distributed across Eurasia and Africa. Through her projects, she investigates the drivers of rapid diversification in Dianthus and examines macro and micro-evolutionary patterns, aiming to elucidate the phylogenetic relationships using Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) data. Bushra's academic background includes a Master's degree in Evolutionary Biology from an Erasmus Mundus program that spanned institutions in Sweden, France, and the USA, alongside a Bachelor's degree in Biology from the Lahore University of Management Sciences in Pakistan. She has engaged in various research projects, including her Master’s thesis on the reinforcement of selfing in Phlox cuspidata and is an active contributor to the field through several publications, including her recent work published in the International Journal of Plant Sciences.
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