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NameRole
Aida AndresDirector UCL Genetics Institute (UGI) and Professor in Evolutionary Genetics
Francois BallouxProfessor of Computational Systems Biology
David CurtisHonorary Professor
Lucy van DorpPrincipal Research Fellow
Marina Escalera ZamudioRosetrees-UCL Excellence Fellow
Garrett HellenthalProfessor of Statistical Genetics
Karoline KuchenbaeckerProfessor of Genetic Epidemiology
Nik ManiatisProfessor of Human Genetics
Richard MottDeputy Director UCL Genetics Institute (UGI) and Weldon Professor of Computational and Statistical Genetics
Gemma MurraySenior Research Fellow
Adam RutherfordLecturer in Biology and Society
Maria SecrierAssociate Professor of Computational Biology
Dallas SwallowEmeritus Professor of Human Genetics
Mark ThomasProfessor of Evolutionary Genetics

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Chris BarnesProfessor of Systems and Synthetic Biology
Hernan BurbanoProfessor of Ancient Genomics and Evolution

Fellows and Postdoctoral Researchers

NameLab
Pia AanstadThomas Group
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Nancy BirdHellenthal Group
Debora BrandtAndres Group
Simon CarrignonThomas Group
Cenk CelikSecrier Group
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Shi PanSecrier Group
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Adrian TimpsonThomas Group

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George AdamsThomas Group
Emma ChampneysSecrier Group
Hannah Chaudhry-PhippsKuchenbaecker Group
Mengzi ChenHellenthal Group
Mohammad DeliriMott Group
Eyad ElbahtetyKuchenbaecker Group
Cameron Fergusonvan Dorp Group
Finley GloverAndres Group
Hou Wang LamSecrier Group
Georgina NavolyKuchenbaecker Group
Bethany QuintonManiatis Group
Cedric TanBalloux / van Dorp Groups
Saron TekieMurray Group
Sam TrompeterKuchenbaecker Group
Muhammad UmarKuchenbaecker Group
Andrew WaltonThomas/Rutherford Groups
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