Gert-Jan Jeunen
PhD, MAC3 Antarctic Fellow
Molecular Ecologist / Bioinformatician
University of Otago
Early Career Researcher
Dr Gert-Jan Jeunen focuses on using environmental DNA (eDNA) for marine biodiversity monitoring. He is developing innovative eDNA sampling approaches to enable large-scale biomonitoring in remote regions, as well as novel software applications to improve upon the analysis of amplicon-based sequencing data.
In the Antarctic Science Platform, Gert-Jan investigates contemporary and historical environmental DNA in the Southern Ocean and Antarctica to determine how anthropogenic impacts are modifying our oceans.