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NameRoleLab Page
Nick Lane

Director of CLOE 

Professor of Evolutionary Biochemistry

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Julia Day 

Deputy Director of CLOE 

Professor of Zoology 

 
Flo CamusNERC Independent Research FellowFlo Camus Lab
Kevin FowlerProfessor of Evolutionary Biology  
Duncan GreigAssociate Professor of Genetics 
Kabir HussainLecturer in Theoretical and Computational Biophysics 
Ferdinand MarletazRoyal Society University Research FellowResearch · Ferdinand Marlétaz's lab
Rahia Mashoodh Excellence Fellow 
Harry-Luke McClellandLecturer in Computational Microbiology 
Paola OliveriProfessor of Developmental and Evolutionary Biology 
Stephen PatesLecturer in Invertebrate PalaeontologyStephen Pates
Andrew PomiankowskiDivision of Biosciences Director/ Professor of Genetics  
Max ReuterReader in Evolutionary GeneticsReuter Lab - Home
Wenying ShouProfessor of Quantitative and Evolutionary BiologyShou Lab | Quantitative Biology | Microbial Ecology and Evolution
Max TelfordJodrell Chair in Zoology and Comparative Biology  
Chris Thompson 

Head of Department

Professor of Evolutionary and Developmental Genetics

 
Ziheng Yang FRSR.A. Fisher Chair of Statistical Genetics 

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NameRoleLab Page
John Allen Honorary Professor 
Jon Bridle 

Director of CBER

Professor of Evolutionary Biology

 
Helen ChatterjeeProfessor of BiologyNational Centre for Creative Health
Joel Bryan DacksHonorary ProfessorJoel Dacks, PhD - Directory@UAlberta.ca
Christophe DessimozProfessor of BioinformaticsGroup of Christophe Dessimoz - DCB UNIL
Ryan FeliceAssociate Professor Cell & Developmental BiologyFelice Lab
Aida Gomez-RoblesAssociate Professor Dept of Anthropology 
Anjali GoswamiHonorary ProfessorANJALI GOSWAMI | goswamilab
Graham Shields-ZhouProfessor of Geology 
Mark ThomasProfessor of Evolutionary Genetics 
Jeffery ThompsonHonorary LecturerDr. Jeffrey R Thompson – Paleobiology, Macroevolution, Developmental Evolution
Bridget WadeProfessor of Earth Sciences  
Finn Werner Professor of Molecular BiophysicsRNAP lab

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