Joscha Beninde
Assistant Professor
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
La Kretz Hall, Suite 300
Los Angeles, CA 90095
Joscha is a Assistant Professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, working under the umbrella of Evolutionary Adaptations in the Anthropocene with an emphasis on Landscape Genetics: Effects of spatial heterogeneity in landscape on adaptation. As a La Kretz Center Postdoctoral Fellow, Joscha’s research involved using landscape genetics to understand how species survive and thrive in urban environments. He worked on a collaborative project with the Sustainable LA Grand Challenge to map the genetic diversity of 15 species of plants, butterflies and vertebrates inhabiting the LA Basin.
