Dr Giada Ferrari, Herbarium Genomics Research Assistant (March 2021- Dec 2022)
Giada obtained her PhD in evolutionary biology from the University of Zurich, working on shotgun metagenomic approaches to detect pathogens in preserved soft tissues. She then held a postdoc position at the University of Oslo, focusing on ancient genomics of archaeological fish material.
Her research interests lie in genomics of natural history collections as well as methods development. At RBGE, Giada was instrumental in setting up the historic DNA laboratory, training people in ancient DNA techniques, as well as optimising workflows and protocols for sequencing herbarium specimens.
OrcID: 0000-0002-0850-1518