POSTDOCS
Claudia Bank – (2012-2016) Following graduate work in Vienna advised by Joachim Hermisson and Christian Schlötterer, Claudia’s postdoc work in the Jensen Lab was focused on theory development surrounding Fisher’s geometric model (FGM) and applications to experimental evolution data. Claudia is currently a tenured faculty member and Director of the Institute of Ecology and Evolution at the Univ of Bern. website googlescholar pubmed
Greg Ewing – (2013-2016) Following graduate work at the Univ of Auckland advised by Alen Rodrigo and Geoff Nicholls, and postdocs in Vienna with Arndt von Haeseler and Joachim Hermisson, Greg’s postdoc work in the Jensen Lab was focused on the development of simulation algorithms in population genetics. Greg currently works in industry (Test Engineer, Rocket Lab) in New Zealand. pubmed
Anna Ferrer-Admetlla – (2013-2015) Following graduate work at the Univ Pompeu Fabra, and a postdoc with Rasmus Nielsen at UC Berkeley, Anna’s postdoc work in the Jensen Lab was focused on developing novel ABC methodology for inferring selection from multi-timepoint datasets. Anna currently works in industry (General Director, Naccari Ravà Foundation) in Spain. pubmed
Matthieu Foll – (2012-2014) Following graduate work at the Univ of Grenoble advised by Oscar Gaggiotti, and a postdoc at the Univ of Bern with Laurent Excoffier, Matthieu’s postdoc work in the Jensen Lab was focused on developing approximate Bayesian methods for the joint estimation of selection and demography. Matthieu is currently a Research Scientist and Group Leader at the International Agency for Research on Cancer of the World Health Organization (WHO) in France. website googlescholar pubmed
Rebecca Harris – (2017-2019) Following graduate work at the Univ of Washington advised by Adam Leaché, Rebecca’s postdoc work in the Jensen Lab was focused on population genetic method development related to the multiple merger coalescent, with applications to the evolution of cryptic coloration. Rebecca currently works in industry (Senior Manager of Computational Biology, Adaptive Biotechnologies) in the USA. googlescholar
Parul Johri – (2018-2023) Following graduate work at Indiana Univ advised by Mike Lynch, Parul’s postdoc work in the Jensen Lab was focused on population genetic method development, with a particular interest in the role of non-adaptive forces in shaping patterns of genomic variation. Parul is currently a tenure-track faculty member in the Dept of Biology and the Dept of Genetics at UNC Chapel Hill. website googlescholar
Matt Jones – (2019-2020) Following graduate work at the Univ of Montana advised by Jeff Good, Matt’s postdoc work in the Jensen Lab was focused on time-sampled statistical inference with applications to long-term ecological datasets. Matt is currently a Research Scientist at USGS, working in conservation/population genomics. googlescholar
Stefan Laurent – (2014-2017) Following graduate work at Munich (LMU) advised by Wolfgang Stephan, Stefan’s postdoc work in the Jensen Lab was focused on understanding the evolution of cryptic coloration in wild Peromyscus populations, in collaboration with the Hoekstra Lab (Harvard) and Excoffier Lab (Bern). After time as a Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute (MPIPZ) in Köln, Stefan currently works in industry (Associate Director, BioNTech) in Germany. website googlescholar pubmed
Lisha Mathew – (2012-2013) Following graduate work at Munich (LMU) advised by Dirk Metzler and Laura Rose, Lisha’s postdoc work in the Jensen Lab was focused on the population genetics of human ZFPs. Lisha currently works in industry (Data Analyst, CeGaT) in Germany. googlescholar pubmed
Sebastian Matuszewski – (2015-2017) Following graduate work in Vienna advised by Michael Kopp and Joachim Hermisson, Sebastian’s postdoc work in the Jensen Lab was focused on population genetic theory and method development, with applications to the analysis of experimentally evolved populations. Sebastian currently works in industry (Data Engineering Manager, Accenture) in Austria. googlescholar pubmed
Valeria Montano – (2015-2016) Following graduate work in human population genetics at Sapienza Univ in Rome, Valeria’s postdoc work in the Jensen Lab (funded by an EMBO fellowship) was focused on understanding the adaptive and demographic history of Helicobacter. Following time as a Staff Scientist at the University of St. Andrews, Valeria is currently a Statistical Geneticist at BioSS in Scotland. website pubmed
Ana Morales-Arce – (2018-2020) Following graduate work at the Univ of Calgary, Ana’s postdoc work in the Jensen Lab (funded by a CEM Research Fellowship) was focused on the population genetics of time-sampled pathogen data. Following a postdoc at the Univ of Bern with Claudia Bank, Ana is now a Research Fellow at the IZSVe in Italy. website googlescholar
Yu-Ping Poh – (2010-2014) Following graduate work at National Tsing Hua Univ advised by Chau Ti Ting, and two years as a visiting student at UC Davis in Chuck Langley’s lab, Yu-Ping’s work in the Jensen Lab was focused on data analysis related to the evolution of cryptic coat color in wild mouse populations and the evolution of drug resistance in influenza virus. Following a postdoc at MIT with Manolis Kellis, Yu-Ping is currently a Staff Scientist in the Center for Mechanisms of Evolution at ASU. googlescholar pubmed
Cornelia Pokalyuk – (2013-2014) Following graduate work at the Albert-Ludwigs Univ of Freiburg advised by Peter Pfaffelhuber, Cornelia’s postdoc work in the Jensen Lab was focused on theory pertaining to selection in sub-divided populations, with a particular focus on cytomegalovirus (HCMV) as a model system. Cornelia is currently a tenured faculty member in the Institute for Mathematics at the Univ of Lübeck. website pubmed
Nicholas Renzette – (2011-2016) Following graduate work at UMass Amherst advised by Steven Sandler, Nick’s postdoc work in the Jensen Lab (co-advised by Tim Kowalik) was focused on the within-host demographic and selective dynamics of cytomegalovirus (HCMV) and influenza virus. Nick currently works in industry (Senior Computational Biologist and Program Manager, Essex Management) in the USA. googlescholar pubmed
Susanna Sabin – (2019-2021) Following graduate work at the Max Planck Institute in Jena advised by Kirsten Bos and Johannes Krause, Susanna’s postdoc work in the Jensen Lab (funded by a CEM Research Fellowship) was focused on the population genetics of TB. Susanna is currently a Staff Biologist at the CDC. googlescholar pubmed
Andrew Sackman – (2017-2019) Following graduate work at Florida State Univ advised by Darin Rokyta, Andrew’s postdoc work in the Jensen Lab was focused on population genetic method development related to the multiple merger coalescent. Andrew is currently a faculty member in Life Sciences at Virginia Commonwealth Univ. website googlescholar pubmed
João Santos – (2019-2020) Following graduate work at CIRAD in Montpellier, João’s postdoc work in the Jensen Lab (co-advised by Susanne Pfeifer) was focused on the impact of sample size and population history on inferred mutational spectra. Following a postdoc at KAUST, João is currently a Data Analyst at INSA in Portugal. pubmed
Severine Vuilleumier – (2015-2017) Following graduate work at EPFL, and postdoctoral research at the Univ of Queensland in the Possingham Lab and at the EAWAG in Luzern in the Lande and Seehausen Labs, Severine’s work in the Jensen Lab (funded by an FNS Marie Heim-Vogtlin Fellowship) was focused on HIV evolution. Severine is currently a tenured faculty member in the La Source School of Nursing at HES-SO. website googlescholar pubmed
Daniel Wegmann – (2012-2013) Following graduate work at the Univ of Bern advised by Laurent Excoffier, and a postdoc at UCLA advised by John Novembre, Dan’s postdoc work in the Jensen Lab (funded by an FNS Ambizione award) was focused on the development of approximate Bayesian methodology for the joint inference of selection and demography. Dan is currently a tenured faculty member in the Dept of Biology at the Univ of Fribourg. website googlescholar pubmed
PhD STUDENTS
Jessica Crisci – (2009-2013) Following a BSc/MSc in Biology from UMass Lowell, Jess’ PhD work in the Jensen Lab was focused on hominin genomics and the effects of positive selection in primates. Following a postdoc at USC advised by Matt Dean and Peter Ralph, Jess currently works in industry in the USA. googlescholar pubmed
Adamandia Kapopoulou – (2013-2018) Following a BA in Cellular Biology and MA in Genetics / Bioinformatics from Bordeaux Univ, and time as a database curator at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL) in Cambridge, Mado’s PhD work in the Jensen Lab was focused on the evolution of transcription factors, as well as Drosophila population genomics. Mado is currently a Senior Bioinformatician at the Univ of Bern. googlescholar pubmed
Louise Ormond – (2012-2017) Following a BA/MA from Cambridge in Physics, and an MSc in the Immunology of Infectious Diseases, Louise’s PhD work in the Jensen Lab was focused on population genetic inference using time-sampled data, and the modeling of infectious disease. Following a postdoc in the Hellenthal lab at the UCL Genetics Institute, Louise is currently a Research Scientist at the CHUV in Switzerland. pubmed
Alfred Simkin – (2009-2014) Following a BSc in Biology at Earlham College, Alfred’s PhD work in the Jensen Lab was focused on using approaches from population genetics in order to study the evolutionary history of miRNAs. Following a postdoc at Cornell advised by Andrew Grimson, Alfred is currently a research faculty member in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Brown. website pubmed
MSc STUDENTS
Marcel Hildebrandt – (2016-2017) Marcel worked with lab postdoc Sebastian Matuszewski to study statistical aspects of mutational accumulation experiments, as well as theoretical aspects of multiple merger coalescent models. Marcel currently works in industry (Data Scientist, Siemens) in Germany. pubmed
Hyunjin Shim – (2012-2014) Hyunjin worked with lab postdoc Matthieu Foll to study viral drug resistance evolution and to develop time-sampled inference approaches. Following a PhD at EPFL and postdoctoral work at UC Berkeley, Hyunjin is currently a faculty member in Biology at California State Univ, Fresno. pubmed
Priyanka Sinha – (2011-2013) Priyanka worked with lab postdoc Yu-Ping Poh to study the statistical power of commonly used population genetic inference approaches. Following a PhD at the Univ of Otago, Priyanka currently works in industry (Lead Data Science Consultant, Capgemini) in New Zealand. pubmed
STAFF
Kristen Irwin – (2014-2017) Kristen earned a PhD in Biological Sciences at Washington State Univ, and then worked in the Jensen Lab focused upon technical writing as well as the editing and production of lab manuscripts and presentations. Kristen is currently the Head of International Funding in the EPFL Research Office. pubmed
Shivani Mahajan – (2012-2013) Shivani earned a BSc/MSc in Bioinformatics at the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon, and then worked in the Jensen Lab as a staff bioinformatician. Following a PhD at UC Berkeley, Shivani currently works in industry (Head of Computational Science, Helio Genomics) in the USA. pubmed
Kellen Riall – (2019-2021) Kellen earned a BSc in Biological Sciences and a BSc in Biophysics from ASU, and worked in the Jensen Lab as a research intern focused upon statistical inference related to demography. Kellen is currently a PhD student in population genetics at the Univ of Chicago. pubmed
VISITING SCIENTISTS
Daniel Bolon – (2012) Dan is a Professor in Biochemistry at UMass Medical School, studying the molecular mechanisms of adaptation in biology and disease, and has developed novel technological approaches for exploring fitness landscapes. Dan joined us on an FNS sabbatic grant, in order to continue our collaborations characterizing the distribution of fitness effects in yeast. website
Matt Jones – (2016) Matt spent a semester abroad with us funded by a Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship, while a PhD student in the Good Lab at the Univ of Montana, studying the evolution of seasonal camouflage in snowshoe hares. googlescholar
Derek Setter – (2014) Derek spent a semester abroad with us, while a PhD student in Vienna with Joachim Hermisson, working to identify the footprint of adaptive introgression in polymorphism data. pubmed
Undergraduate Researchers
Emma Howell (2020), Kellen Riall (2019), Dariush Mollet (2015), Stefano Tartini (2015), Anna Dussuet (2015), Laura Cetre (2015), Anais Haget (2014), Tamara Rossy (2014), Marie Malier (2014), Pauline Reiff (2014), Gaëlle Thurre (2013), Luc Aeberli (2013), Christopher Finelli (2013), Fabrice Philippe (2013), Laurent Alter (2012), Mathieu Quinodoz (2012), Florian Widmer (2012), Roger Küng (2012), Daniel Virgil (2011), Guang Xu (2011), Aslihan Dincer (2011), Hsiuyi Chen (2010)