Victor Borda, PhD

My research first explored this question in different biogeographical regions ranging from the Central Andes to the African Great Lakes. During the last few years, I have combined different fields (archaeology, anthropology, and genetics) in order to answer the question: How have evolutionary and demographic factors shaped the present-day genetic diversity of human populations?.

I have explored Native American genetic diversity and identified signals of ancient gene flow across the Andean region, which were associated with cultural interaction between groups from the Highland and Amazonian regions. Currently, I am incorporating several statistical genetic analyses to understand the recent dynamics of Latin American populations. From this point, I believe that by investigating the history of these groups, we can start to understand the architecture of complex phenotypes and work towards eliminating disparities, and also understand the diversity that makes us human.