معرفی
Brandon Samuel Whitley is a Research Fellow at the Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, specializing in Arctic Plant Diversity and Pollination Networks. His research employs molecular and computational tools to investigate ecological networks in high-latitude systems undergoing climate change.
His primary research interests include:
- Arctic and community ecology
- Ecological network theory
- Plant-pollinator interactions
- Global change biology
- DNA metabarcoding techniques
- Biodiversity conservation applications
Whitley's work focuses on building Arctic plant-pollinator interaction networks through DNA metabarcoding of pollinators collected in Greenland, comparing pollen DNA to custom barcode libraries. His research is critical for understanding climate change impacts on Arctic ecosystems and informing conservation policy.
His recent publications examine bio-climatic drivers of vegetation change, harmonization of digitized herbarium data for Greenland's flora, and national DNA barcoding initiatives. These works span ecology, climate science, botany, and molecular biology with specific applications to Arctic biodiversity monitoring and conservation.
Professional affiliations include:
- British Ecological Society, Conservation Ecology Group - PhD student representative
- Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (Danish Chapter) - Chair
- Te Tira Maurikura network for emerging researchers - Member
- Faculty Board of Natural History Museum of Denmark - PhD student representative
He has co-supervised MSc students and served as teaching assistant for multiple university courses. His extensive fieldwork spans Greenland, Svalbard, Germany, France, Netherlands, and Belgium, focusing on plant-pollinator interactions and ecosystem monitoring.
