Emmanuel F.A. TOUSSAINT (PI)
I received my PhD from the Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich in 2011. After two postdocs respectively at the University of Kansas and at the University of Florida, I joined the Natural History Museum of Geneva in 2019. My research focuses on systematics, phylogenomics and evolution of beetles and butterflies. I am also the curator for Coleoptera, Diptera and Lepidoptera at the MHNG. Click here for a detailed curriculum vitæ.
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Marie PAULI (M.Sc. Student)
Marie started her M.Sc. dissertation in 2021 and currently works on a phylogeographic study of Carabus (Platycarabus) beetles from Western and Central Europe with a strong focus on the alpine species. She uses the HyRAD-X method to build a robust genomic dataset to understand the species boundaries and evolutionary history of these beetles in combination with niche modelling and morphometrics.
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Cody Raul CARDENAS (Ph.D. Student)
Cody started his Ph.D. in 2022 to work on the evolutionary history of the beetle genus Calosoma. He uses UCE loci to infer a comprehensive phylogeny of the group. Based on this phylogenomic framework, he will study the evolution of wing loss and investigate diversification dynamics of these beetles using model-based approaches. He will also be looking at the genomic architecture of wing loss in Calosoma using genome data.
FORMER LAB MEMBERS
Leonardo PLATANIA (visiting Ph.D. Student)
Leonardo is a PhD student from the Gomez-Zurita Lab who visited our lab in the fall and winter 2021. He is working on a systematic study of Eumolpinae leaf beetles with a focus on the historical biogeography of the lineages that are found in the Pacific Islands. He is using a molecular phylogeny of the subfamily to tackle important questions relative to the submergence of New Caledonia and the directionality of colonization events in this region.
** DIGITIZATION TEAM **
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JULIE SEEMANN-RICARD (2022)
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KILIAN BRUNSCHWIG (2021-2022)
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ELSA RICOSSA (2020-present)
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ALEXANDRE SINGEORZAN (2019)
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STEVAN KARADZIC (2019)/
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CONTACT ME TO JOIN THE LAB!