Career Profile
I am a population geneticist working with a wide range of model systems. I use genomic data from modern and historical organisms with state-of-art computational methods to investigate questions about population histories, local adaptation, selection and allele frequencies through time, among others. You can download my resume/CV here.
Experiences
As a research fellow, I have led a global genomic surveillance project focused on the wheat-blast fungus, Magnaporthe oryzae. I have conducted a thorough analysis of genome-wide variables to identify signatures of local adaptation and positive selection in the rice-infecting lineage of the blast fungus. Additionally, my contributions have enabled a deeper understanding of the maintenance of diversity over time in pathogenic lineages of plant-infecting bacteria within the Pseudomonas sp. - Arabidopsis thaliana pathosystem.
During my PhD, I specialized in the application of ancient and historical DNA to reconstruct phylogenomic relationships and infer population history. My research encompassed diverse model systems, including microorganisms such as M. oryzae, plants like A. thaliana, and scarab beetles of the genus Oryctes. By employing genomic methods and computational analyses, I sought to uncover novel insights into the evolutionary processes that shaped the genetic diversity of these organisms.
Selected Publications
Complete list of publications available at my Google Scholar Profile