Alice Dennis

Alice Dennis is a researcher at the Dr. Namur Research Institute for Life Sciences within the Institute of Life-Earth-Environment at the University of Potsdam. Her work focuses on evolutionary biology, genetics, and biodiversity genomics, with a strong emphasis on adaptive mechanisms in extreme environments.

• PhD in Biology: The Evolution of Freeze Tolerance in a Historically Tropical Snail, Louisiana State University (2010)
• BSc in Biology, University of California Davis (2003)

Her research spans epigenetic responses to environmental stressors, comparative physiology of cold adaptation in boreal ants, and genetic mechanisms of drought tolerance in cowpeas. She frequently collaborates on projects involving next-generation sequencing and epigenomics.

Recent publications highlight her contributions to mitochondrial genome analysis, electric signal evolution in African fish, and equitable biodiversity genomics frameworks. Notably, her work with the European Reference Genome Atlas consortium emphasizes global collaboration and data sharing.

• Active projects include: ChillAnts (cold adaptation in ants), EE4 (ecotoxicology and epigenetics), and URBE Tape Station (sequencing protocols for adaptive ecology).
• She supervises studies on genetic characterization of Black Soldier Fly populations in Cameroon and drought tolerance in Vigna unguiculata.