Personnel
Jaime Gongora
Current director of ICGWG. Jaime is an Associate Professor at the University of Sydney. Jaime is directing current efforts to generate and analyse genome data for 20 species of crocodilians. Jaime’s team is interested in comparative genomics with a focus on patterns of diversity, immune systems, endogenous retroviruses, population genomics and traits of importance for diseases and management.
Contact email: jaime.gongora@sydney.edu.au
Websites: JaimeGongoraResearchGate
David Ray
Former director of the ICGWG, David is an associate professor at Texas Tech University. He coordinated the initial efforts to generate de novo genome assemblies for the American alligator, saltwater crocodile, and Indian gharial. David is leading the current efforts related to reference-based assemblies.
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Alex Suh
Alex is currently an assistant professor at the Department of Evolutionary Biology at Uppsala University in Uppsala, Sweden. His research focuses on the study of evolution in animals, transposons, and viruses using comparative genomics, molecular biology, and phylogenomics.
Travis Glenn
Travis Glenn is currently an associate professor in the department of Environmental Health Science and the associate director of the Institute of Bioinformatics at the University of Georgia. His research tackles a wide range of evolutionary questions by implementing genomic and bioinformatic tools.
Ed Green
Ed Green is an assistant professor of Biomolecular Engineering at the
University of California Santa Cruz. His research focuses on a wide range of evolutionary and ecological questions, mostly involving the application of genomics techniques to better understand how species and populations evolve through time.
Sally Isberg
Sally Isberg is the Managing Director at the Centre for Crocodile Research in NT, Australia which provides scientific consultancy services to the crocodile industry. Her research focuses on the characterization and evolution of crocodilian infections diseases.