The Research Team

Anne-Maria Fehn

Group Leader

I am a linguist specializing in multidisciplinary approaches to the population history of southern Africa and beyond. My current work focuses on the historical relations and contact history of the three "Khoisan" families Kx'a, Tuu and Khoe-Kwadi.

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Jorge Rocha

Senior Researcher in Human Genetics

former Group leader

I am a biologist specializing in population genetics, anthropological genetics and multidisciplinary population history research. My current work focuses on ethnolinguistically diverse groups from Cabo Verde, São Tomé & Principe, Mozambique, Angola, Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe.

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Marta Ciccarella

PhD Researcher

I am a PhD researcher working on the admixture profiles of creole populations from Cabo Verde and São Tomé & Principe.

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Armando Semo

PhD Researcher

I am a PhD researcher working on the genomic history of diverse ethnolinguistic groups from Mozambique.

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Admire Phiri

Postdoctoral Researcher

I am a postdoctoral researcher working on various aspects of the Khoe-Kwadi and Bantu language families

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Artem Kasianov

Assistant Researcher

I am an Assistant Researcher developing bioinformatics algorithms and approaches for addressing population genetics questions.

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