Melanie Brien

Melanie Brien is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Helsinki, affiliated with the Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences and the Organismal and Evolutionary Biology Research Programme. Her research focuses on ecology, evolutionary biology, and genetic mechanisms underlying color polymorphism in insects.

• Key Research Areas: Warning coloration, genetic variation, phenotypic evolution, aposematism, Heliconius butterflies, wood tiger moths.

Selected Publications: Recent work explores genetic correlations in aposematic species, structural color evolution, and color polymorphism mechanisms. Her research combines field observations with genomic analyses to understand adaptation and speciation.

Collaborations: Active collaborations with institutions like University of Cambridge and researchers including J. Mappes and C.D. Jiggins.