Mathias Currat

Scientist based in Geneva (Switzerland), I am merging my passions for Biology and Computer science in my professional activities! I am teaching and leading a research on the evolution of genetic diversity in populations at the University of Geneva. I specialize in the development of computational methods to study the combined effects of various evolutionary forces on molecular diversity, such as population dynamics, migration and admixture. My favorite research topics are human evolution and interspecific hybridization.

current

• Various research projects in computational population genetics focusing on the influence of demography and natural selection on genetic diversity.
• Development of eco-evolutionary simulation programs, such as SPLATCHE3 and SELECTOR.
• Lecturer in "Evolution" and "Biologie humaine" and "Master course in Genetics, Development and Evolution".
• In charge (with J. Nunes) of the annual course "Computer skills for biological research".
• Co-organization of the annual courses "Methodologie de la recherche en biologie" and "Molecular Population Genetics".
• Supervision of PhD and master students in Life Sciences.

past

• Web development and consulting, mainly for Cybermedia concepts (Geneva).
• Creation and development of the software SPLATCHE, in collaboration with the CMPG lab at the University of Bern, Switzerland
• Participation to various teaching at the University of Geneva: "Introduction to computer science", "Practical course in population genetics" and "European Prehistory (Neolithic)".
• Participation to various teaching at the University of Bern: "Human genetic history", "Population genetics practical (Statistical data analysis)", "Seminar on Advances in molecular biology" and "General genetics exercises".