CV Science

Guillaume Achaz Professor

Course and current status

• Professor at Université Paris-Cité
• Director of GDR network AIEM (CNRS)
• Co-head of research group SMILE (Collège de France) 
• Lecturer of Population Genetics (Ecole Normale Supérieure Paris)
• Affiliated to research group Anthropologie génétique (Musée de l'Homme)
• Affiliated research group Atelier de BionIformatique (ABI) (Muséum) 

Where and when

• 2019-now : Professor (Univ de Paris).
• 2009-2010: Delegation CNRS (sabbatical at Kyoto Univ).
• 2005-2019 : Associate Professor (Sorbonne Université).
• 2005         : Bioinformatics engineering (Modul-Bio, Marseille).
• 2002-2005: Postdoc with John Wakeley (Harvard University).
• 1999-2002: PhD with Eric Coissac & Pierre Netter (UPMC ; IJM).

Scientific summary

Keywords

   Theoretical Biology, Molecular Evolution, Bioinformatics

Mindset

   I am interested in caracterizing the evolutionary process at work that molds the current (genetic) diversity. To do so, I use a mix of mathematical modeling, computer simulations and genomic data analysis to confront models to the real biological world. I have developped interest in Population Genetics, Comparative Genomics and more Generaly any type of Molecular Evolution. I also love teaching these subjects among others. Finally I am fond of historical and philosophical perspectives on the field of evolutionary biology.