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We thank Dr. Bridgett vonHoldt for visiting us this week!
26 August 2025
Bridgett vonHoldt from Princeton University, visited Penn State this week, and give a lecture for at the first Biology Department seminar of the 2025-26 academic year!
New paper out:
Modeling the European Neolithic expansion suggests predominant within-group mating and limited cultural transmission
25 August 2025
In this paper we integrate mathematical models, agent-based simulations, and ancient DNA analysis to investigate farming’s expansion. This approach allows us to disentangle and quantify the relative contributions of cultural diffusion and between-group mating.
Read the press release here.
Read the journal article here.
Congratulations to Huber Lab Undergraduate Researcher Julien Mutton!
July 2025
We're excited to announce that Julien has been accepted into the Penn State Schreyer Honors College! Julien will now be working on an independent undergraduate thesis project in addition to his current work in the lab.
New paper out:
The genomic footprints of migration: how ancient DNA reveals our history of mobility
16 July 2025
In this paper, we review case studies from the literature showing how admixture analysis methods reveal patterns of human mobility. In doing so, we also discuss key challenges, including issues of data quality, demographic complexity, and sample representativeness in drawing admixture and migration inferences.
Read the journal article here.
Congratulations to Postdoc Matthew Williams!
July 2025
We're excited to announce that Matthew Williams is embarking on his next academic chapter as affiliate assistant professor at Penn State and associate professor at Walla Walla University. Matthew will continue advancing his research on reconstructing ancient demographic histories and exploring how past communities adapted to diverse environments—work that helps us understand the origins of today's biological diversity.
Welcome new Postdoc Mahsa Alemrajabi!
June 2025
Mahsa will be joining the Huber Lab, working on inferring demographic history. Welcome Mahsa!
We thank Dr. Yuseob Kim for visiting us this week!
7 February 2025
Huber Lab collaborator, Dr. Yuseob Kim from the Ewha Womans University in Seoul, visited Penn State this week, and give a lecture for the Weekly Wednesday Wartik Genomics Lecture Series (WWWGLS).
New paper out:
Testing times: disentangling admixture histories in recent and complex demographies using ancient DNA
16 July 2024 Online / In Print September 2024
Congrats to Dina Memar Moshrefi for receiving the J. Ben and Helen D. Hill Memorial Fund Graduate Student Award!
April 2024
The award recognizes outstanding graduate students enrolled in the Eberly College of Science with interests in Genetics.
Congrats to Kevin Mouck for receiving the Erickson Discovery Grant Award!
March 2023
Kevin will be working in the Huber lab on new statistical methods for detecting partial selective sweeps in aDNA datasets.
New paper out:
Fluctuating selection and the determinants of genetic variation
6 March 2023
Here we review recent evidence of fluctuating selection in Drosophila and beyond. We also explore genetic and ecological models that have been developed to explain the thousands of fluctuating SNPs identified in natural populations and understand their dynamics, including their effects on genome-wide diversity.
Read the journal article here.
Ancient genomes reveal hidden history of human adaptation
3 November 2022
Congrats to Abigail Sequeira for receiving the Bunton-Waller Graduate Assistantship!
August 2022
Welcome new PhD Student Abigail Sequeira!
August 2022
Abigail is a PhD Student from the Biology Program at Penn State. She joins the lab for her dissertation work after completing her rotation in the lab in December.
Welcome new PhD Student Dina Memar Moshrefi!
22 August 2022
Dina is a PhD Student from the Biology Program at Penn State. She is joining the lab this Fall. Previously, Dina studied Archaeology at the University of Tehran, where she graduated in 2021.
Welcome Postdoc Matthew Williams!
May 2022
Matthew is joining us in Pennsylvania to begin his work as a postdoctoral scholar at Penn State. Matthew previously completed his PhD at the the University of Adelaide.
Welcome new PhD Student Troy LaPolice!
8 April 2022
Troy is a PhD Student from the Bioinformatics and Genomics Program at Penn State. He joins the lab for his dissertation work after completing his rotation in the lab in March.
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