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Alexander Papadopulos is a Senior Lecturer and Reader in Molecular Ecology and Genomics at Bangor University's School of Environmental & Natural Sciences. His research focuses on evolutionary biology, specifically studying the genetics of adaptation and speciation in island plants and animals. He leads the Molecular Ecology and Evolution research group (MEFGL) and contributes to modules such as BSX-3139 (Molecular Ecology and Evolution) and BSX-3150 (Life in a Changing Climate). He is affiliated with the Labadopulos lab and actively collaborates on projects like the PANDORA initiative.
His work integrates genetics, genomics, and ecological experiments to understand adaptation to environmental pressures, with a particular interest in speciation processes in island systems. He has contributed to over 40 research outputs since 2009, including studies on palm domestication, genomic responses to metal contamination, and biogeographic reconstructions in regions like Wallacea and Madagascar.
Dr. Papadopulos serves on editorial boards for journals such as Plant Ecology & Diversity and the Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, and participates in NERC peer review activities. His research aligns with UN Sustainable Development Goals related to biodiversity conservation and climate action.
He supervises PhD students exploring topics like rapid adaptation in the Anthropocene and biodiversity forecasting in Wallacea. His recent projects include nanopore sequencing applications in fisheries management and chromosome-level genome studies in Mongolian gerbils.
