Anna Maria Billing

Anna Maria Billing is an Associate Professor at Queen Maud University College, affiliated with the Department of Science, Natural Sciences and Social Sciences and the Department of Nature, Environment and Health. Her research spans genomics, inbreeding depression, and eco-evolutionary dynamics in natural bird populations, alongside food literacy in early childhood education and conservation biology.

• Key projects: FOOD4kids (sustainability through food literacy in kindergartens), gut microbiome and genetic diversity in Norwegian Lundehund
• Research themes: Genetic architecture of traits in house sparrows and pipefish, reproductive trade-offs, dispersal consequences
• Dissemination: Academic lectures and posters on inbreeding, food education, and species conservation

She has published extensively on topics including sexual selection, genetic variation, and ecological education, with a focus on house sparrows and pipefish. Her work integrates genomic tools to study evolutionary dynamics and behavioral ecology.