Martin Sikora
Associate Professor
University of Copenhagen
Martin Sikora is an Associate Professor in the Section for GeoGenetics at the Globe Institute, University of Copenhagen.
Sikora works at the intersection of ancient genomics, population genetics, and paleoepidemiology to investigate the evolutionary history of humans and the pathogens that have shaped us.
Together with his group, he applies state of the art computational and statistical modelling to population scale genomic datasets, integrating both modern and ancient DNA to reconstruct past demographic and epidemiological dynamics. This approach allows the group to explore how the genetic structure of present day populations was formed and to identify the major processes that have influenced human genetic diversity over time.
As part of AEGIS, Sikora leads work on mapping the ancient phytopathogen landscape of crops and related species. This work involves identifying the presence of phytopathogen DNA in samples and quantifying the driving factors for the emergence and diversification of phytopathogens. Sikora also leads Apollo, a close collaborator of AEGIS focused on human genetic diversity.
Sikora works at the intersection of ancient genomics, population genetics, and paleoepidemiology to investigate the evolutionary history of humans and the pathogens that have shaped us.
Together with his group, he applies state of the art computational and statistical modelling to population scale genomic datasets, integrating both modern and ancient DNA to reconstruct past demographic and epidemiological dynamics. This approach allows the group to explore how the genetic structure of present day populations was formed and to identify the major processes that have influenced human genetic diversity over time.
As part of AEGIS, Sikora leads work on mapping the ancient phytopathogen landscape of crops and related species. This work involves identifying the presence of phytopathogen DNA in samples and quantifying the driving factors for the emergence and diversification of phytopathogens. Sikora also leads Apollo, a close collaborator of AEGIS focused on human genetic diversity.