My research combines population genetics and comparative genomics to understand how demography and natural selection influence the evolution of human populations and closely related species.

Experience

  • 2018–present
    Research assistant, University of Adelaide
  • 2016–2017
    Postdoctoral research associate, Institut Pasteur

Education

  • 2016 
    Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, PhD Evolutionary Genetics
  • 2011 
    University of Porto, MSc Forensic Genetics
  • 2009 
    University of Porto, BSc Biology

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