People

Permanent Researchers

Giorgio Bertorelle (principal investigator)

I am interested in understanding patterns of genetic and genomic variation in different species. Evolutionary biology, conservation, and population genetics are the key words of my studies. 

Email: ggb@unife.it 

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Silvia Fuselli

I am a geneticist with an interest in how evolution shapes genetic variation within and between species. My current interests are in the field of conservation genetics, molecular evolution of genomes and regressive traits. 

Email: fss@unife.it 

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Andrea Benazzo

My research focuses on reconstructing the evolutionary processes that shaped the genome of a species using the information contained in whole genomes and transcriptomes. I am interested in developing efficient bioinformatic pipelines to analyse NGS data and using full or approximate likelihood to study complex evolutionary histories. 

Email: bnzndr@unife.it 

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Post Docs

PhD students

Beatrice Sammarco

My interests are conservation genomics and population genetics, with a focus on endangered and invasive species. Specifically, I am interested in studying the emergence of chromosomal rearrangements in individual genomes and their effects.

Email: smmbrc@unife.it 

Elisa Desiato

I am interested in population genomics, particularly in relation to the preservation of endangered species. My work focuses on investigating genetic diversity and the evolutionary processes that shape natural populations, using genomic data and bioinformatic approaches within an interdisciplinary framework to support biodiversity conservation. 

Email: dstlse@unife.it 

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Valentina Giongo

I'm interested in integrating genetic and demographic data with phenotypic information, combining genomic tools with an ecological approach. I'm fascinated by how genetic variation is distributed in natural populations and how it relates to morphological, behavioral, or adaptive traits in an evolutionary and environmental context. 

Master Students