Ingrid Myklestad Sætersdal

I am a PhD fellow within the PASTIME and CLIFORD projects, which aim at developing sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) and paleoecology to study past biodiversity and environmental changes in Norwegian fjords and their effect on the ecosystem over the last 400 years. I mainly focus on microbial eukaryotes, which are highly abundant and play important roles in marine ecosystems, yet are largely understudied. I have an academic background in Geosciences (BSc) and Biosciences (MSc), and my previous research has involved using metabarcoding data to study the evolution of ecological niches in ciliates.