Anna Penna, Ph.D.

I am an evolutionary biologist and anthropologist. My research seeks to understand the evolutionary processes and mechanisms that led to the diversification of primates. To this end, I combine morphometric and genomic data with evolutionary models to test hypotheses about trait evolution. 

I received a B.Sc. in Biology and a M.Sc. in Genetics and Evolutionary Biology from the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil, my home country. I then moved to the US to pursue a doctoral degree in Evolutionary Anthropology at the University of Texas in San Antonio, a tier-one research university advancing Hispanic student success. During my Ph.D., I have specialized in museum genomics at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Currently, I am working as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Lund University in Sweden.

One of my main goals as an academic is to promote diversity in science through inclusive research and teaching opportunities. 

You can find my CV here.

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email: anna.penna[at]biol.lu.se