About
Dr Thibault Leroy is a population geneticist and a
molecular evolutionist, currently employed as a postdoctoral
researcher at the University of Montpellier, France. Thibault already
worked on a large range of species (including wild and domesticated
plants, plant pathogens and animal species). He initially focused his
research on studies of adaptation and species diversification,
including last 4 years spent working on the evolution of oaks at INRA
Bordeaux, France. He developed a strategy to identify somatic
mutations in pedunculate oak. His current project focuses on the
accumulation of deleterious mutations in genomes, particularly in
passerine birds.
Born in 1986, few weeks only after the Chernobyl
accident, Dr Thibault Leroy was interested since his youth to the
evolution of living organisms near Chernobyl and initiated the
general work plan for the project.
Joined
July 2018
