{"id":8,"date":"2018-07-11T09:05:32","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T08:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2025-12-18T09:54:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T09:54:12","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-233 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2020\/05\/44087D3A-01C6-4813-A300-7F1AA471260D-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2020\/05\/44087D3A-01C6-4813-A300-7F1AA471260D-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2020\/05\/44087D3A-01C6-4813-A300-7F1AA471260D-1-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 105px) 100vw, 105px\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/iris.ucl.ac.uk\/iris\/browse\/profile?upi=AANDA24\">Aida Andr\u00e9s<\/a><\/strong> &#8212; PI.<br \/>\nProfessor in Population Evolutionary Genetics.<br \/>\nDirector, UCL Genetics Institute.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966\"><b><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-426 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2024\/07\/Finley-236x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"106\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2024\/07\/Finley-236x300.jpeg 236w, https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2024\/07\/Finley.jpeg 735w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 106px) 100vw, 106px\" \/>Finley Glover<\/b><\/span>&#8212; NERC DTP PhD student (with <a href=\"https:\/\/florenciacamus.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flo Camus<\/a>), working on mito-nuclear co-evolution in the presence of introgression, in humans and flies.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-577\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2025\/12\/Debora2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"103\" height=\"103\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2025\/12\/Debora2.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2025\/12\/Debora2-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2025\/12\/Debora2-60x60.jpeg 60w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 103px) 100vw, 103px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #339966\">D\u00e9bora Brandt<\/span><\/strong> &#8212; Postdoc (with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.homepages.ucl.ac.uk\/~ucbtmre\/Labsite\/Home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Max Reuter<\/a>), funded by the BBSRC, working on balancing selection in natural populations of fruit flies.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-576\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2025\/12\/kishanSisodiya_prof_pic-e1766050906637-300x272.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"105\" height=\"95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2025\/12\/kishanSisodiya_prof_pic-e1766050906637-300x272.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2025\/12\/kishanSisodiya_prof_pic-e1766050906637-768x697.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2025\/12\/kishanSisodiya_prof_pic-e1766050906637-1024x930.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 105px) 100vw, 105px\" \/><strong><span style=\"color: #339966\">Kishan Susodiya\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>&#8212; Research assistant (with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.homepages.ucl.ac.uk\/~ucbtmre\/Labsite\/Home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Max Reuter<\/a>), working on ARGs to identify signatures of balancing selection in natural populations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-336 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2022\/10\/Avi-crop-300x232.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"109\" height=\"84\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2022\/10\/Avi-crop-300x232.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2022\/10\/Avi-crop.jpeg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 109px) 100vw, 109px\" \/>Avishikta Chakraborty<\/strong><\/span> &#8212; Postdoc (with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.homepages.ucl.ac.uk\/~ucbtmre\/Labsite\/Home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Max Reuter<\/a>) funded by the Leverhulme Trust working on experimental evolution in fruit flies to identify sexually antagonistic genetic variants.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966\"><b>Fernanda Mir\u00f3n Toru\u00f1o\u00a0<\/b><\/span>&#8212; TREES DTP PhD student (with Matteo Fumagalli, at Queen Mary), working on genetic adaptation in human populations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-238\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2020\/05\/JoshChair_small_flip_small-150x149.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"114\" height=\"114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2020\/05\/JoshChair_small_flip_small-150x149.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2020\/05\/JoshChair_small_flip_small-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 114px) 100vw, 114px\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>You? See our <a href=\"https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/opportunities\/\">Opportunities<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong>Alliance EvolGen<\/strong> <\/span>&#8212; We have tight links and joined weekly group meetings with the the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.burbanolab.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Burbano group<\/a>, who do amazing work on the evolution of plants and their pathogens using modern and ancient genomes, and <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/gemmamurray\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gemma Murray<\/a>, who is discovering all kids of fascinating secrets about the adaptive evolution of bacteria.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>SOME PICS OF THE GROUP OVER THE YEARS<br \/>\n(recent ones with Alliance EvolGen)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-505\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2024\/11\/Icecream2024-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"277\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2024\/11\/Icecream2024-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2024\/11\/Icecream2024-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2024\/11\/Icecream2024-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2024\/11\/Icecream2024.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 277px) 100vw, 277px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-338\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2022\/10\/PizzaNight_Jas-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2022\/10\/PizzaNight_Jas-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2022\/10\/PizzaNight_Jas-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2022\/10\/PizzaNight_Jas-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2022\/10\/PizzaNight_Jas.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-272\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2022\/02\/GetTogether_Oct2021_1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"283\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2022\/02\/GetTogether_Oct2021_1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2022\/02\/GetTogether_Oct2021_1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2022\/02\/GetTogether_Oct2021_1-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 283px) 100vw, 283px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-273\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2022\/02\/IMG_6546-e1644859883382-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2022\/02\/IMG_6546-e1644859883382-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2022\/02\/IMG_6546-e1644859883382-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2022\/02\/IMG_6546-e1644859883382-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-276\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2020-06-30-at-2.15.29-PM-e1667570386623-300x211.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"235\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2020-06-30-at-2.15.29-PM-e1667570386623-300x211.png 300w, https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2020-06-30-at-2.15.29-PM-e1667570386623-768x540.png 768w, https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2020-06-30-at-2.15.29-PM-e1667570386623-1024x720.png 1024w, https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2022\/02\/Screenshot-2020-06-30-at-2.15.29-PM-e1667570386623.png 2046w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-225\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2020\/05\/IMG_0516-e1589444849960-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"219\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2020\/05\/IMG_0516-e1589444849960-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2020\/05\/IMG_0516-e1589444849960-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2020\/05\/IMG_0516-e1589444849960-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-234\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2020\/05\/IMG_5943-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2020\/05\/IMG_5943-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2020\/05\/IMG_5943-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2020\/05\/IMG_5943-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2020\/05\/IMG_5943.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-240\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2020\/05\/PopGenGroupJan2014_3-e1589445795684-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2020\/05\/PopGenGroupJan2014_3-e1589445795684-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2020\/05\/PopGenGroupJan2014_3-e1589445795684-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2020\/05\/PopGenGroupJan2014_3-e1589445795684-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2020\/05\/PopGenGroupJan2014_3-e1589445795684.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-237\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2020\/05\/PopgenGroupSept2015_Party5years-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2020\/05\/PopgenGroupSept2015_Party5years-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2020\/05\/PopgenGroupSept2015_Party5years-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2020\/05\/PopgenGroupSept2015_Party5years-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-242\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2020\/05\/PopgenGroupSept2011_2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2020\/05\/PopgenGroupSept2011_2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2020\/05\/PopgenGroupSept2011_2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2020\/05\/PopgenGroupSept2011_2-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-246\" src=\"http:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2020\/05\/Aida_office_big-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2020\/05\/Aida_office_big-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2020\/05\/Aida_office_big-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2020\/05\/Aida_office_big-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALUMMI<\/strong><br \/>\nThe wonderful people in the group at UCL<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #339966\">Harrison Ostridge<\/span><\/strong> &#8212; NERC DTP PhD student (with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zsl.org\/science\/users\/jinliang-wang\">Jinliang Wang<\/a>) working on local adaptation in natural populations of chimpanzees.<br \/>\nNow at the House of Lords library contributing to the important use of scientific knowledge.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #339966\"><strong>Abhilesh Dhawanjewar<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0&#8212; Postdoc (with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.homepages.ucl.ac.uk\/~ucbtmre\/Labsite\/Home.html\">Max Reuter<\/a>), also funded by the Leverhulme Trust, working on detecting selection in sex-limited experimental evolution in fruit flies.<br \/>\nNow postdoc in Cambridge.<\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.upenn.edu\/tishkoff\/Lab\/ReesJ\/reesj.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jasmin Rees<\/a> &#8212; <\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">ICH PhD student (with <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucl.ac.uk\/child-health\/research\/genetics-and-genomic-medicine\/genome-biology-and-precision-medicine\/dr-sergi-castellano\">Sergi Castellano<\/a>) working on local adaptation in humans on diet-related genes.<br \/>\nNow postdoc with Sarah Tishkoff in Philadelphia, USA.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">Alfie Gleeson <\/span>&#8212; <\/strong>LIDo PhD student (with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucl.ac.uk\/human-evolution\/experts\/experts-profile\/gomez-robles-aida\">Aida G\u00f3mez-Robles<\/a>) working on the evolution of cranial morphology and its genetic basis.<br \/>\nNow working on conservation of bats.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dean Cornish<\/strong><strong> &#8211;<\/strong><span style=\"color: #333333\"><strong>&#8211; <\/strong>LIDo PhD student (with Garrett Hellenthal) working on local adaptation in human populations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Maricci Basa<\/strong> &#8212; Rotating LIDo PhD student (with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucl.ac.uk\/human-evolution\/experts\/experts-profile\/gomez-robles-aida\">Aida G\u00f3mez-Robles<\/a>) working on the interdisciplinary analysis of the genetic and morphological evolution of cranial morphology in primates.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Joshua_Schmidt\"><strong>Joshua <\/strong><strong>Schmidt<\/strong><\/a> &#8212;\u00a0postdoc, working <\/span>on local adaptation in chimpanzees.<br \/>\nNow postdoc at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flinders.edu.au\/people\/joshua.schmidt\">Flinders University<\/a>, Australia.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibe.upf-csic.es\/entry\/-\/-\/127971\/adscripcion\/so-jung-han\">Sojung Han<\/a><\/strong> &#8212; PhD student (with <a href=\"http:\/\/biologiaevolutiva.org\/tmarques\/\">Tomas Marques-Bonet<\/a>), at the IBE in Barcelona.<br \/>\nNow postdoc at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibe.upf-csic.es\/marques\">IBE<\/a> in Barcelona, Spain.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"color: #333333\"><strong>Harvinder Pawar<\/strong><\/span> &#8212;<\/span> UCL MSci Genetics student,<br \/>\nNow PhD student at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibe.upf-csic.es\/marques\">IBE<\/a> in Barcelona.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333\"><strong>Simran Rai<\/strong> &#8212;<\/span> UCL MSci Genetics student.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333\"><strong>Derron Abdulla<\/strong><\/span> &#8212; UCL MSc Genetics of Human Disease student.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333\"><strong>Paolo Abondio<\/strong>,<\/span>\u00a0visiting PhD student from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unibo.it\/sitoweb\/paolo.abondio2\/\">University of Bologna<\/a>, Italy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>or while we were part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eva.mpg.de\/genetics\/index.html\">Department of Evolutionary Genetics<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eva.mpg.de\/index.html\">Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology<\/a> in Leipzig<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333\"><strong>David Reher<\/strong>, PhD student (with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eva.mpg.de\/genetics\/bioinformatics\/research.html?Fsize=0%2525252C%252520%252540\">Janet Kelso<\/a>), at the MPI-EVA in Leipzig.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333333\"><strong>Joshua Schmidt<\/strong>,<\/span> postdoc, with Sergi Castellano, working on local adaptation in chimpanzees. He moved as a postdoc in the group to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/iris.ucl.ac.uk\/iris\/browse\/profile?upi=JSCHM73\">UCL<\/a>, London, UK.<br \/>\nNow postdoc at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flinders.edu.au\/people\/joshua.schmidt\">Flinders University<\/a>, Australia.<\/li>\n<li><strong>B\u00e1rbara Bitarello<\/strong>, visiting PhD student and postdoc, developing methods to identify the signatures of balancing selection in genomes. She moved on to do a postdoc at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.upenn.edu\/mathieson-lab\/personnel.html\">University of Pennsylvania<\/a>, Philadelphia, USA.<br \/>\nNow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brynmawr.edu\/news\/new-faculty-assistant-professor-biology-b-rbara-domingues-bitarello\">Assistant Professor at Bryn Mayr College\u00a0<\/a>in PA, USA.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jo\u00e3o Teixeira<\/strong>, PhD student, studying the conservation of balancing selection across species.<br \/>\nNow <a href=\"https:\/\/evolutionofculturaldiversity.anu.edu.au\/our-people\/joao-teixeira-2\/\">Fellow (PI) at the Australian National University<\/a>, Australia.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Felix-M. Key<\/strong>, PhD student studying local adaptation in human populations. Moved on to postdocs at the Jena MPI and the MIT, MA, USA.<br \/>\nNow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mpiib-berlin.mpg.de\/2003543\/key-lab\">PI at the Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology<\/a> in Berlin, Germany.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Philip Kleinert<\/strong>, Masters&#8217; student studying local adaptation on balanced standing variation.<br \/>\nNow PhD student at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.molgen.mpg.de\/person\/51414\/100100\">Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics<\/a>, Berlin, Germany.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Muslih Abdul-Aziz<\/strong>, graduate student studying local adaptation in the TRPM8 cold receptor.<br \/>\nNow a PhD student at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.adelaide.edu.au\/directory\/muslihudeen.abdul-aziz\">University of Adelaide<\/a>, Adelaide, Australia.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Katalina Bobowik<\/strong>, graduate student investigating local adaptation on nonsense changes.<br \/>\nNow a PhD student at the <a href=\"https:\/\/biomedicalsciences.unimelb.edu.au\/departments\/anatomy-and-neuroscience\/engage\/cscs\/people\/phd-students\/student-info\/katalina-bobowik\">University of Melbourne<\/a>, Melbourne, Australia.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Romain Laurent<\/strong>, postdoc studying conservation of selective pressures across primates.<br \/>\nNow research engineer at the <a href=\"http:\/\/ecoanthropologie.cnrs.fr\/article539.html?lang=en\">Musee de l&#8217;Homme<\/a> in Paris, France.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cesare de Filippo<\/strong>, postdoc working on local adaptation on previously balanced alleles.<br \/>\nNow researcher at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eva.mpg.de\/genetics\/neandertals-and-more\/overview.html\">Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology<\/a> in Leipzig, Germany.<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00c0ngel Belmonte Aguirre<\/strong>, Masters&#8217; student. Now scientific editor at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/angelbelmonteaguirre\/\">Clarivate Analytics<\/a>, Leipzig, Germany.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Homa Papoli<\/strong>, student. Now PhD student at the <a href=\"https:\/\/katalog.uu.se\/profile\/?id=N14-1643\">University of Uppsala<\/a>, Uppsala, Sweden.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Juan Ram\u00f3n Meneu<\/strong>, programmer. Now school\u00a0teacher back in his natal town in Castello, Spain.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gen\u00eds Parra<\/strong>, senior programmer, bioinformatician, and more.<br \/>\nNow data analyst at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnag.crg.eu\/gen%C3%ADs-parra\">CNAG<\/a>\/CRG, Barcelona, Spain.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Aida Andr\u00e9s &#8212; PI. Professor in Population Evolutionary Genetics. Director, UCL Genetics Institute. &nbsp; &nbsp; Finley Glover&#8212; NERC DTP PhD student (with Flo Camus), working on mito-nuclear co-evolution in the presence of introgression, in humans and flies. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; D\u00e9bora Brandt &#8212; Postdoc (with Max Reuter), funded by the BBSRC, working on <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/people\/\">Continue reading <i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":73,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":583,"href":"https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.cs.ucl.ac.uk\/evol-genome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}