Our research aims to understand how evolutionary forces are expected to shape genetic diversity within populations, and then uses this understanding to learn about demographic and selective histories and processes from genome sequencing data.
One focus of our research is on developing population genetic theory that lets us predict patterns of diversity and genetic structure under varying models of demography and selection. Another focus is on turning that theory into computational tools to compare model predictions to observations from natural populations. Finally, we have a strong interest in inferring (mostly) human evolutionary history from genetic data, including both ancient history and population structure as well as more recent migrations, movements, and dynamics.
Most of our projects therefore combine at least some of developing mathematical theory, running large-scale simulations, building and maintaining software, and inferring history from whole-genome sequencing data.
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