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Biography
Jasmina is an evolutionary biologist interested in how complex traits arise and diversify through evolutionary time. Her work seeks to understand the mechanisms that generate novelty in plant form and function, particularly through changes in gene regulation. She completed her MA in Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology at Columbia University, where she studied the genetic basis of reproductive barriers and hybridization in plants, linking molecular variation to morphological and phylogenetic patterns. At Cambridge, her research explores the evolution of transcriptional regulation in specialized metabolism, combining phylogenetic analyses with synthetic biology to uncover how plants have repeatedly reinvented colour through metabolic innovation.
