Laura Bertola
Chair at National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS)
India
Summary
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Top SchoolLaura Bertola is a conservation genomicist with eight years of postdoctoral and research experience applying genomic, eDNA and metabarcoding approaches to understand evolutionary history, adaptation and vulnerability in large carnivores and other taxa across Africa, Asia and the Neotropics. Her PhD work on lion phylogeography produced actionable recommendations for population prioritization, and her subsequent research integrates satellite-derived environmental data with genomics to pinpoint adaptive signals linked to climatic heterogeneity. As Chair of the Leo Foundation and a Research Associate at NCBS, she bridges academic research and conservation practice to inform management of small, isolated populations. Known for combining field-relevant questions with cutting-edge molecular techniques, she brings a rare mix of evolutionary insight and practical conservation impact.
7 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Phylogeography & Conservation Genetics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Phylogeography & Conservation Genetics at Leiden University
English, Dutch, German, French
Github Skills (17)
genomics6
bioinformatics6
notice6
science5
phylogenetics5
python5
google-apps4
scale3
curl3
security2
wget2
shiny2
ancestry2
population-structure1
admixture1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
popgenDK/seqAfrica_giraffes
Sep 2023 - Mar 2024
Contributions:12 pushes in 6 months
popgenDK/seqAfrica_bushpigs
Sep 2023 - Mar 2024
Contributions:9 pushes in 6 months
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