Research interests
I am an evolutionary biologist particularly interested in population genetics. I have been working on different organisms (humans, flies, coral reef fishes etc..), my main focus being how genetic markers can be exploited to reconstruct demography of population and species. I acknowledge the importance of developing and applying models taking into account the fact that species are dynamic entities and are, most of the time, structured into sub-populations exchanging migrants.
Brief CV
- 2010-Present : Assistant Professor (Maitre de Conference) EPHE (Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes) at the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France.
- 2009-2010 : Post-doctoral fellow, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern (in the group of Laurent Excoffier).
- 2007-2009 : Post-doctoral fellow, Department of Biology and Evolution, University of Ferrara (in the group of Giorgio Bertorelle).
- 01/05–06/05 : Visiting researcher at the Department of Forensic and Molecular Biology of the Erasmus University, Rotterdam (in the group of Manfred Kayser).
- 2004-2007 : Ph.D. in Genetics and Molecular Evolution, University of Bari (in the group of Mila Tommaseo-Ponzetta).