Cetacean Genomes Project Team
Meet the scientists of the "Cetacean Genomes Project" which aims to facilitate generation of reference genomes of all cetacean species.
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Phillip Morin, PhD
Phillip Morin is a population genetics and genomics researcher in the Marine Mammal Genetics Group. His research has focused on applying genetic and genomics tools to infer taxonomy, phylogeography, population structure, and historical changes in population size of cetaceans. This research supports the conservation and management of cetaceans under the US Endangered Species Act and Marine Mammal Protection Act.
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Andrew Foote, PhD
Andrew Foote is an evolutionary ecologist using ancient and modern DNA to study evolution through time and space. He works in the Department of Natural History at Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis Profile
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Michael McGowen, PhD
Michael McGowen is an evolutionary biologist who uses genetics/genomics to understand cetacean systematics, taxonomy, molecular evolution, and phylogeography. He works in the Division of Mammals at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, District of Columbia.
National Museum of Natural History Profile
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Michael Hiller, PhD
Michael Hiller is Professor of Comparative Genomics at the Center for Translational Biodiversity Genomics and the Senckenberg Society for Nature Research in Frankfurt, Germany. His main interest is to understand how nature's fascinating phenotypic diversity has evolved and how it is encoded in the genome.
LOEWE Center for Translational Biodiversity Genomics Profile