People

Faculties

Cristian Capelli

Associate Professor of Anthropology, Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, Italy; Honorary Fellow, St Hugh's College, Oxford, UK

Evolutionary history of  primates, including humans

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Massimo Mezzavilla

Researcher in Molecular Anthropology, Department of Biology, University of Padova

Interested in studying: Natural Selection in modern populations,  genetic isolates, and the effects of inbreeding in the genome.

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Francesco Montinaro

Researcher in Molecular Anthropology, Department of Biosciences, Biotechnology and Environment, University of Bari 

Interested in studying the evolution and adaptation of genomic features associated with complex Traits, together with ancient and modern demographic events which shaped the  human genomic variation.

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Luca Pagani

Associate Professor in Molecular Anthropology, Department of Biology, University of Padova

Interested in ancient and past admixture events and their consequence on the present day genetic makeup of human population

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Research fellows

Serena Aneli

Postdoctoral Fellow in the Forensic Genetics Unit, Department of Sciences of Public Health and Pediatrics, University of Turin.

Interested in the exploration of the evolutionary and historical processes that have shaped the genetic diversity of human populations with implications in medicine, anthropology and forensic sciences. 

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Davide Marnetto

Research Fellow (RTDa) in the Computational Biology Unit, Department of Neurosciences, University of Turin.

I am a computational biologist interested in the effects of human evolution and variation on gene regulation and complex traits.

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Alessandro Raveane

Postdoctoral Fellow in the Population and Medical Centre at Human Technopole, Milan, Italy

I am fascinated by how ancient migrations have shaped the diversity and function of the human immune system. 

alessandro.raveane@gmail.com; alessandro.raveane@fht.org

PhD students

Matteo Caldon

Leonardo Vallini