Hannes Becher, PhD

Core Scientist in Data-Driven Breeding

Biography

Background

  • 2023 Core scientist in data-driven breeding at the Highlander Lab with Prof Gregor Gorjanc (The Roslin Institute, UoE)
  • 2021-2023 Core Statistician (Institute of Genetics and Cancer, UoE)
  • 2018-2021 Postdoc with Dr Alex Twyford (Institute of Evolutionary Biology, UoE)
  • 2018 Postdoc with Dr Brian Charlesworth (Institute of Evolutionary Biology, UoE)
  • 2014-2017 PhD in population genomics, supervised by Prof Richard Nichols (Queen Mary University of London)
  • 2013 Leonardo da Vinci fellow at Prof Andrew Leitch's lab (Queen Mary University of London)

Responsibilities & affiliations

  • Research
  • Student supervision

Open to PhD supervision enquiries?

Yes

Research summary

I use computers to answer questions about selective breeding and evolution more generally. This commonly leads me to develop new methods.

  • Statistical genetics
  • Simulations
  • Ancestral recombination graphs
  • Population genomics
  • Molecular evolution
  • Adaptation
  • k-mer methods

Organiser

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