Human Population Genetics and Genomics-Editorial Board

: Carina Schlebusch PhD
Professor, Human Evolution, Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University, Sweden
Research Interests: Human population genetics; population structure; African history; ancient DNA; selection and local adaptation
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Carina Schlebusch is Professor of Human Evolution at the Department of Organismal Biology, Uppsala University, Sweden. Born in South Africa, she completed her BSc and MSc degrees at the University of Pretoria and earned her PhD from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, with a thesis on the population genetics and history of Khoe-San groups in southern Africa.

In 2009, she joined Uppsala University as a Wenner-Gren Postdoctoral Fellow and subsequently established her own research group. Her team investigates human evolutionary history, with a particular focus on Africa, using genetic research to explore population history and migrations within the continent.

Her work has been supported by grants from the Swedish Research Council, the European Research Council, and the Wallenberg Foundation.