Cesar Augusto Fortes Lima

Kort presentation

Cesar Fortes-Lima (cesar.fortes-lima@ebc.uu.se) is specialized in Human Population Genetics and currently works at the sub-Department of Human Evolution at Uppsala University (Sweden) as a Researcher. He has a Doctorate in Biological Anthropology. His main research areas include African genetic diversity, African Diaspora, transatlantic slave trade, demographic inference, admixture dynamics, mass migrations. His research is mostly conducted in Africa and Latin America.

Biografi

2021–Present : Researcher in Population Genomics of African populations, Schlebusch Lab, Human Evolution, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.

2018–2020 : Postdoc in Population Genomics of African populations, Human Evolution, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. Adviser: Carina M. Schlebusch.

2016–2018 : Postdoc in Population Genetics and Bioinformatics, Mankind museum, CNRS-MNHN-University Paris Diderot, Paris, France. Adviser: Paul Verdu.

2012–2015 : PhD in Biological Anthropology, Faculty of Medicine, University Paul Sabatier (UPS), Toulouse, France. Adviser: Jean-Michel Dugoujon. Thesis Defense date: 17th December 2015. PhD thesis dissertation: http://thesesups.ups-tlse.fr/2957/.

2011–2012 : MSc in Tropical Parasitic Diseases, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Valencia (UV), Valencia, Spain. Adviser: Santiago Mas-Coma.

2009–2011 : MSc in Physical Anthropology (“Evolution and Human Biodiversity”), Autonomy University of Madrid (UAM), Madrid, Spain. Adviser: Rosario Calderon.

2003–2009 : BSc in Biology, Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), Madrid, Spain.

Forskning

Selected Publications.

Fortes-Lima CA, et al. (2025) Population History and Admixture of the Fulani People from the Sahel. American Journal of Human Genetics (AJHG) 112(2):261-275. PMID: 39919708. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2024.12.015

Fortes-Lima CA, et al. (2024) The genetic legacy of the expansion of Bantu-speaking peoples in Africa. Nature 625(7995):540-547. PMID: 38030719. doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06770-6

Fortes-Lima CA, et al. (2022) Demographic and selection histories of populations across the Sahel/Savannah belt. Molecular Biology and Evolution (MBE) 39(10):msac209. Open Access. PMID: 36173804. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msac209

Fortes-Lima C, et al. (2021) Complex genetic admixture histories reconstructed with Approximate Bayesian Computation. Molecular Ecology Resources (Mol Ecol Resour) 21(4):1098–1117. PMID: 33452723. doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.13325

Fortes-Lima C and Verdu P. (2021) Anthropological Genetics Perspectives on the Transatlantic Slave Trade. Human Molecular Genetics (HMG). 30(R1):R79–R87. Note: Invited review for the HMG Specialist Review Issue entitled “Evolutionary Genomics in Africa”. PMID: 33331897. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddaa271

Fortes-Lima C, et al. (2017). Genome-wide ancestry and demographic history of African-descendant Maroon communities from French Guiana and Suriname. American Journal of Human Genetics (AJHG). 101(5):725-736. PMID: 29100086. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2017.09.021.