PhD

RESEARCH INTERESTS

I am interested in developing mathematical models and simulation programs to test evolutionary hypothesis in population genetics. More specifically, I studied, during my Master, the theoretical conditions allowing for maintenance and diversification of the self-incompatibility system in Angiosperms. I am currently studying, during my PhD thesis, the effect of partial selfing on the evolution of recombination by developing mathematical models and simulation programs and by analysing genomic data from experimental evolution in Caenorhabditis elegans.

EXPERIENCE

Education

  • 2019-present: PhD student in EBEA (Evolutionary Biology & Ecology of Algae) team (UMI 3614), Station Biologique de Roscoff (France)
  • 2018-2019: Master 2 in Management and Evolution of Biodiversity (research specialization), Université de Lille – Villeneuve d’Ascq (France)
  • 2017-2018: Master 1 in Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution, Université Lille 1 – Villeneuve d’Ascq (France)
  • 2014-2017: Bachelor in Life Sciences – specialization in Biology of Populations and Organisms – bilingual (French/English) class, Université Lille 1 – Villeneuve d’Ascq (France)

Research projects

  • Nov. 2019-present: PhD project “Evolution of recombination under partial selfing” – EBEA (Evolutionary Biology & Ecology of Algae) team (UMI 3614) – supervised by Denis Roze and Henrique Teotónio
  • Jan.-Oct. 2019: Master 2 internship “Effect of population structure on diversification dynamics of gametophytic self-incompatibility haplotypes in Angiosperms” – Eco-Evo-Paleo lab (UMR 8198) – supervised by Sylvain Billiard and Vincent Castric
  • May-June 2018: Master 1 internship “Effect of deme size heterogeneity in a metapopulation on the maintenance of the self-incompatibility system in Angiosperms” – Eco-Evo-Paleo lab (UMR 8198) – supervised by Thomas Brom

PUBLICATIONS

  • Stetsenko R., Roze D. (2022) The evolution of recombination in self‑fertilizing organisms. Genetics, 222(1): iyac114. doi.org/10.1093/genetics/iyac114.
  • Stetsenko R., Brom T., Castric V., Billiard S. (submitted) Balancing selection and the crossing of fitness valleys in structured populations: diversification
    in the gametophytic self‑incompatibility system.
  • Durand E., Chantreau M., Le Veve A., Stetsenko R., Dubin M., Genete M., Llaurens V., Poux C., Roux C., Billiard S., Vekemans X., Castric V. (2020) Evolution of self‑incompatibility in the Brassicaceae: Lessons from a textbook example of natural selection. Evolutionary Applications, 13(6): 1279–1297. doi.org/10.1111/eva.12933.