Torsten Günther

Researcher at Department of Organismal Biology; Human Evolution

Telephone:: +46 18 471 26 97
E-mail:: torsten.gunther@ebc.uu.se
Visiting address:: EBC - Norbyvägen 18 C
Postal address:: Norbyvägen 18 C
752 36 UPPSALA

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Academic merits:: PhD, Docent
ORCID:: 0000-0001-9460-390X

Short presentation

I am a computational biologist with an interest in evolutionary biology and population genomics. With my team and international collaborators, I am studying the history of humans and domestic animals in Europe, using large genomic datasets from modern and ancient populations analyzed with state-of-the-art computational tools. My group is also actively developing such open-access tools that are widely used by the research community.

Find out more on my Group's website: http://www.gunther-lab.org

Biography

Employments and Education

Current position (since 2016, permanent employment): Researcher (Group Leader since 2018) at the Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University
2013-2015: Postdoc, Uppsala University (Wenner-Gren Fellowship)
2013: Postdoc, University of Hohenheim, Germany
2011-2012: Visiting PhD student, University of California, Davis, USA
2009-2013: PhD student, University of Hohenheim, Germany
2003-2008: Diploma in Bioinformatics (equivalent to MSc), Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany

Additional appointments and achievements

SciLifeLab Group Leader (since 2024)
Senior Bioinformatics Advisor, SciLifeLab Ancient DNA Unit (since 2023)
Docent Biology with Specialization in Human Evolution and Genetics (since 2022)
Editorial Board Member: Human Population Genetics and Genomics (since 2020)
Recommender (comparable to Academic Editor) for the Peer Communities in Evolutionary Biology (since 2017) and Genomics (since 2022)