Eugenia D'Atanasio

CURRENT POSITION
From Nov 2019: Researcher at Italian National Research Council (CNR), Institute of Molecular Biology and Pathology (IBPM)

WORK EXPERIENCE
2019: Post-doc fellowship at the Sapienza University of Rome – Dept. of Biology and Biotechnology, funded by “Istituto Pasteur – Fondazione Cenci-Bolognetti”
2018 – 2019: Post-doc fellowship at the KU Leuven – Dept. of Human Genetics, funded by the Sapienza University of Rome
2017 – 2018: Post-doc fellowship at the Sapienza University of Rome – Dept. of Biology and Biotechnology
2016 – 2017: Scholarship at the Sapienza University of Rome – Dept. of Biology and Biotechnology, funded by “Istituto Pasteur – Fondazione Cenci-Bolognetti”

EDUCATION
2013 – 2017: PhD student at the Sapienza University of Rome
2013: Master’s Degree at the Sapienza University of Rome
2011: Bachelor’s Degree at the Sapienza University of Rome

GRANTS AS PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR (PI) OR UNIT COORDINATOR (UC)
2021: “Progetti di Gruppi di ricerca 2020”, Regione Lazio (UC for the CNR-IBPM unit)
2020: Gerda Henkel Foundation Research Grant (PI)
2016: “Avvio alla ricerca 2016” grant, Sapienza University of Rome (PI)

AWARDS
2017: Mention for the “AGI-Zanichelli 2017” award for the best PhD thesis

TEACHING ACTIVITIES
AY 2021-2022: “Fondamenti di Genetica Umana” (3CFU), Bachelor degree in “Biology”, Sapienza University of Rome
AY 2020-2021: Lecturer in the post-degree Master “Biology of Nutrition for the Human Reproduction”, Sapienza University of Rome
From AY 2016-2017: lessons during courses of the Bachelor degree in “Biology”, Bachelor degree in “Bioinformatics”, Master degree in “Genetics and Molecular Biology” (Italian and English curricula), Sapienza University of Rome

SUPERVISION OF STUDENTS
AY 2020-2023: Tutor of a PhD student of “Genetics and Molecular Biology”, Sapienza University of Rome
AY 2021-2022: Supervisor of a master student of “Ecobiology”, Sapienza University of Rome, and Sapienza School of Advanced Studies
AY 2019-2021: Supervisor of a master student of “Genetics and Molecular Biology”, Sapienza University of Rome
Feb 2019-Apr2019: Co-promoter of two master students at the Faculty of Medicine, Lab. for Human Evolutionary Genetics, KU Leuven

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Member of PhD defense committee at Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona
Reviewer for international scientific journals: FSIG, Front Genet, PloS One, Sci Rep, Hum Gen, Heliyon
Member of Society of Molecular Biology and Evolution (since 2019) and of the Italian Association of Genetics (since 2017)

MAIN RESEARCH LINES
- The whole genome diversity of ancient people
- The whole genome diversity of African and Eurasian populations
- The Y chromosome genetic diversity of African and Eurasian populations
- The genetic variability of African and Eurasian populations with a forensic relevance
- The role of the gene conversion in the evolution of the human sex chromosomes

FULL LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=d%27atanasio+eugenia&show_snippets...