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Associate Professor, University of Vienna<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Since July 2025<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Group leader of the Admixture Genomics lab at the Department for Evolutionary Anthropology.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Assistant Professor, University of Vienna<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Since August 2021<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Group leader of the Computational Admixture Genomics lab at the Department for Evolutionary Anthropology, with funding from WWTF.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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LaCaixa JuniorLeader, UPF<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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April 2019 – July 2021<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Postdoctoral fellow at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Postdoctoral researcher, Universitat Pompeu Fabra<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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October 2015 – March 2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona
Oct 2015 – Oct 2018 with a fellowship from Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
Supervisor: Tomas Marques-Bonet<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Max-Planck-Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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June 2010 – October 2015<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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PhD student at MPI-EVA\/University of Leipzig, Germany
Supervisor: Svante P\u00e4\u00e4bo
Grade: Magna cum laude<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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University of Halle-Wittenberg<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2004 – 2010<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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German Diplom studies in Biology at the University of Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
Thesis supervisor: Gunter Reuter<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Links lead to publisher website. I will happily share PDFs in case you cannot access them there.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research publications as main author<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Genomic landscapes of natural selection in great apes<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2026, Genome Biology<\/p>\n\n\n\n

X. Huang<\/span>, S. Chen<\/span>, S. Han, <\/span>and M. Kuhlwilm<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Genomic insights into the Iron Age Saka of Boz-Barmak, Kyrgyzstan<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2026, Scientific Reports<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A. Rymbekova<\/span>, P. Gelabert, A. Llanos-Lizcano, K. Balakrishnan, M. H\u00e4mmerle<\/span>, S. Han<\/span>, O. Cheronet, A. Abdykanova, K. Kasymkulov, M. Hrivnyak, J.T. Eng, R. Pinhasi, and M. Kuhlwilm<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SAI: A Python Package for Statistics for Adaptive Introgression<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2025, Molecular Biology & Evolution<\/p>\n\n\n\n

X. Huang<\/span>, S. Chen<\/span>, J. Hackl<\/span>, and M. Kuhlwilm<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A curated dataset of great ape genome diversity<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2025, Scientific Data<\/p>\n\n\n\n

S. Han<\/span>, S. Riyahi<\/span>, X. Huang<\/span>, and M. Kuhlwilm<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Screening great ape museum specimens for DNA viruses<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2024, Scientific Reports<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M. H\u00e4mmerle<\/span>, M. Guellil, L. Trgovec-Greif, O. Cheronet, S. Sawyer, I. Ruiz-Gartzia, E. Lizano, A. Rymbekova<\/span>, P. Gelabert, P. Bernardi, S. Han<\/span>, T. Rattei, V.J. Schuenemann, T. Marques-Bonet, K. Guschanski, S. Calvignac-Spencer, R. Pinhasi, and M. Kuhlwilm<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Link between Monkeypox Virus Genomes from Museum Specimens and 1965 Zoo Outbreak<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2024, Emerging Infectious Diseases<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M. H\u00e4mmerle, A. Rymbekova<\/span>, P. Gelabert, S. Sawyer, O. Cheronet, P. Bernardi, S. Calvignac-Spencer, M. Kuhlwilm<\/span>*, M. Guellil*, and R. Pinhasi*<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ghost admixture in eastern gorillas<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2023, Nature Ecology & Evolution<\/p>\n\n\n\n

H. Pawar, A. Rymbekova<\/span>, S. Cuadros-Espinoza, X. Huang<\/span>, M. de Manuel, T. van der Valk, I. Lobon, M. Alvarez-Estape, M. Haber, O. Dolgova, S. Han<\/span>, P. Esteller-Cucala, D. Juan, Q. Ayub, R. Bautista, J.L. Kelley, O.E. Cornejo, O. Lao, A.M. Andr\u00e9s, K. Guschanski, B. Ssebide, M. Cranfield, C. Tyler-Smith, Y. Xue, J. Prado-Martinez, T. Marques-Bonet*, and M. Kuhlwilm<\/span>*<\/p>\n\n\n\n

sstar: A Python package for detecting archaic introgression from population genetic data with S<\/em>*<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2022, Molecular Biology & Evolution<\/p>\n\n\n\n

X. Huang<\/span>, P. Kruisz<\/span>, M. Kuhlwilm<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The genetic impact of an Ebola outbreak on a wild gorilla population<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2021, BMC Genomics<\/p>\n\n\n\n

C. Fontsere, P. Frandsen, J. Hernandez-Rodriguez, J. Niemann, C.H. Scharff-Olsen, D. Vallet, P. Le Gouar, N. M\u00e9nard, A. Navarro, H.R. Siegismund, C. Hvilsom, M.T.P. Gilbert, M. Kuhlwilm<\/span>*, D. Hughes*, and T. Marques-Bonet*<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HuConTest: Testing human contamination in great ape samples<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2021, Genome Biology & Evolution<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M. Kuhlwilm<\/span>, C. Fontsere, S. Han<\/span>, M. Alvarez-Estape, and T. Marques-Bonet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A catalog of single nucleotide changes distinguishing modern humans from archaic hominins<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2019, Scientific Reports<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M. Kuhlwilm<\/span> and C. Boeckx<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ancient admixture from an extinct ape lineage into bonobos<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2019, Nature Ecology & Evolution<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M. Kuhlwilm<\/span>, S. Han<\/span>, V. C. Sousa, L. Excoffier, T. Marques-Bonet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Genetic variation in Pan species is shaped by demographic history and harbors lineage-specific functions<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2019, Genome Biology & Evolution<\/p>\n\n\n\n

S. Han<\/span>, A. M. Andr\u00e9s, T. Marques-Bonet, and M. Kuhlwilm<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chimpanzee genomic diversity reveals ancient admixture with bonobos<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2016, Science<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M. de Manuel*, M. Kuhlwilm<\/span>*, P. Frandsen*, V. C. Sousa, T. Desai, J. Prado-Martinez, J. Hernandez-Rodriguez, I. Dupanloup, O. Lao, P. Hallast, J. M. Schmidt, J. M. Heredia-Genestar, A. Benazzo, G. Barbujani, B. M. Peter, L. F. K. Kuderna, F. Casals, S. Angedakin, M. Arandjelovic, C. Boesch, H. K\u00fchl, L. Vigilant, K. Langergraber, J. Novembre, M. Gut, I. Gut, A. Navarro, F. Carlsen, A. M. Andr\u00e9s, H. R. Siegismund, A. Scally, L. Excoffier, C. Tyler-Smith, S. Castellano, Y. Xue, C. Hvilsom, and T. Marques-Bonet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ancient Gene Flow from Early Modern Humans into Eastern Neanderthals<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2016, Nature<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M. Kuhlwilm<\/span>*, I. Gronau*, M. J. Hubisz, C. de Filippo, J. Prado-Martinez, M. Kircher, Q. Fu, H. A. Burbano, C. Lalueza-Fox, M. de la Rasilla, A. Rosas, P. Rudan, D. Brajkovic, Z. Kucan, I. Gusic, T. Marques-Bonet, A. M. Andres, B. Viola, S. P\u00e4\u00e4bo, M. Meyer, A. Siepel, and S. Castellano<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Identification of Putative Target Genes of the Transcription Factor Runx2<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2013, PLOS One<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M. Kuhlwilm<\/span>, A. Davierwala, and S. P\u00e4\u00e4bo<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Peer-reviewed review articles<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Decoding genomic landscapes of introgression<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2025, Trends in Genetics<\/p>\n\n\n\n

X. Huang<\/span>, J. Hackl<\/span>, and M. Kuhlwilm<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harnessing deep learning for population genetic inference<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2023, Nature Reviews Genetics<\/p>\n\n\n\n

X. Huang<\/span>, A. Rymbekova<\/span>, O. Dolgova, O. Lao, M. Kuhlwilm<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Admixture in mammals and how to understand its functional implications<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2019, BioEssays<\/p>\n\n\n\n

C. Fontsere*, M. de Manuel*, T. Marques-Bonet, M. Kuhlwilm<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The evolution of FOXP2 in the light of admixture<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2018, Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M. Kuhlwilm<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evolution and demography of the great apes<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2016, Current Opinion in Genetics & Development<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M. Kuhlwilm<\/span>*, M. de Manuel*, A. Nater*, M. P. Greminger*, M. Kr\u00fctzen, and T. Marques-Bonet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Other publications<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Targeted chromosomal sequencing of wild bonobos identifies a genetically distinct subpopulation east of the Lomami river<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2026, Genome Biology<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M. Crego-Walters, S. Cuadros-Espinoza, I. Ruiz-Gartzia, S. Han<\/span>, N. Hermosilla-Albala, P. Helsen, P. Frandsen, A.M. Brumwell-Prats, P. Alentorn-Moron, C. Fontsere, M. Alvarez-Estape, M. Ngofuna, C. Monghiemo, F. Leendertz, J. Thompson, D. Fasbender, P. Dieguez, A.L. Lokasola, C. Brand, J.-B. Ndjango, A. V Georgiev, J.A. Giles, W. Liu, Y. Li, P.M. Sharp, Z. Pereboom, A.M. Andr\u00e9s, M. Kuhlwilm<\/span>, I. Gronau, H. Kuehl, E.G. Wessling, V. Narat, M. Surbeck, J.A. Hart, T.B. Hart, C. Hvilsom, M. Kr\u00fctzen, J. Stevens, B.H. Hahn, E. Lizano, J. Prado-Martinez, and T. Marques-Bonet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paleogenomes reveal the evolutionary relationship between modern and cave lions<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2026, Cell<\/p>\n\n\n\n

D.W.G. Stanton, A. Bergstr\u00f6m, P.D. Heintzman, T. van der Valk, A. Carmagnini, E. Ersmark, H. Pawar, M. Sandoval-Velasco, S. Androsov, S. Fedorov, M. Kuhlwilm<\/span>, D. Nagel, V. Plotnikov, A. Protopopov, B. Shapiro, R. Barnett, M.-H.S. Sinding, T. Marques-Bonet, N. Yamaguchi, M.T.P. Gilbert, A. G\u00f6therstr\u00f6m, P. Skoglund, L. Frantz, and L. Dal\u00e9n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Palaeogenomics: A window into the genetic basis of derived traits in Homo sapiens<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2025, Book chapter in: The Oxford Handbook of Approaches to Language Evolution<\/p>\n\n\n\n

J. Moriano, C. Boeckx, and M. Kuhlwilm<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Intra-individual variability in ancient plasmodium DNA recovery highlights need for enhanced sampling<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2025, Scientific Reports<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A. Llanos-Lizcano, M. H\u00e4mmerle<\/span>, A. Sperduti, S. Sawyer, B. Zagorc, K.T. \u00d6zdo\u011fan, M. Guellil, O. Cheronet, M. Kuhlwilm<\/span>, R. Pinhasi, and P. Gelabert<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Social and genetic diversity in first farmers of central Europe<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2024, Nature Human Behaviour<\/p>\n\n\n\n

P. Gelabert, P. Bickle, D. Hofmann, M. Teschler-Nicola, A. Anders, X. Huang<\/span>, M. H\u00e4mmerle<\/span>, I. Olalde, R. Fournier, H. Ringbauer, A. Akbari, O. Cheronet, I. Lazaridis, N. Broomandkhoshbacht, D.M. Fernandes, K. Buttinger, K. Callan, F. Candilio, G. Bravo Morante, E. Curtis, M. Ferry, D. Keating, S. Freilich, A. Kearns, E. Harney, A. M. Lawson, K. Mandl, M. Michel, V. Oberreiter, B. Zagorc, J. Oppenheimer, S. Sawyer, C. Schattke, K. T. \u00d6zdo\u011fan, L. Qiu, J. N. Workman, F. Zalzala, S. Mallick, M. Mah, A. Micco, F. Pieler, J. Pavuk, A. \u0160ef\u010d\u00e1kov\u00e1, C. Lazar, A. Starovi\u0107, M. Djuric, M. K. \u0160krivanko, M. \u0160laus, Z. Bedi\u0107, F. Novotny, L. D. Szab\u00f3, O. Cserp\u00e1k-Laczi, T. H\u00e1ga, L. Szolnoki, Z. Hajd\u00fa, P. Mirea, E. Gy\u00f6ngyv\u00e9r Nagy, Z. M. Vir\u00e1g, A. Horv\u00e1th M., L. A. Horv\u00e1th, K. T. Bir\u00f3, L. Dombor\u00f3czki, T. Szeniczey, J. Jakucs, M. Szelekovszky, F. Zolt\u00e1n, S. J. Szt\u00e1ncsuj, K. T\u00f3th, P. Csengeri, I. Pap, R. Patay, A. Putica, B. Vasov, B. Havasi, K. Seb\u0151k, P. Raczky, G. Lov\u00e1sz, Z. Tvrd\u00fd, N. Rohland, M. Novak, M. Ruttkay, Maria K., J. B\u00e1tora, T. Paluch, D. Bori\u0107, J. Dani, M. Kuhlwilm<\/span>, P. F. Palamara, T. Hajdu, R. Pinhasi, and D. Reich<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deep genetic substructure within bonobos<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2024, Current Biology<\/p>\n\n\n\n

S. Han<\/span>, C. de Filippo, G. Parra, J.R. Meneu, R. Laurent, P. Frandsen, C. Hvilsom, I. Gronau, T. Marques-Bonet, M. Kuhlwilm<\/span>, and A.M. Andr\u00e9s<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Identification of constrained sequence elements across 239 primate genomes<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2023, Nature<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L. F. K. Kuderna, J. C. Ulirsch, S. Rashid, M. Ameen, L. Sundaram, G. Hickey, A. J. Cox, H. Gao, A. Kumar, F. Aguet, M. J. Christmas, H. Clawson, M. Haeussler, M. C. Janiak, M. Kuhlwilm<\/span>, J. D. Orkin, T. Bataillon, S. Manu, A. Valenzuela, J. Bergman, M. Rouselle, F.E. Silva, L. Agueda, J. Blanc, M. Gut, D. de Vries, J. Goodhead, R. A. Harris, M. Raveendran, A. Jensen, I. S. Chuma, J. E. Horvath, C. Hvilsom, D. Juan, P. Frandsen, J. G. Schraiber, F. R. de Melo, F. Bertuol, H. Byrne, I. Sampaio, I. Farias, J. Valsecchi, M. Messias, M. N. F. da Silva, M. Trivedi, R. Rossi, T. Hrbek, N. Andriaholinirina, C. J. Rabarivola, A. Zaramody, C. J. Jolly, J. Phillips-Conroy, G. Wilkerson, C. Abee, J. H. Simmons, E. Fernandez-Duque, S. Kanthaswamy, F. Shiferaw, D. Wu, L. Zhou, Y. Shao, G. Zhang, J. D. Keyyu, S. Knauf, M. D. Le, E. Lizano, S. Merker, A. Navarro, T. Nadler, C. C. Khor, J. Lee, P. Tan, W. K. Lim, A. C. Kitchener, D. Zinner, I. Gut, A.D. Melin, K. Guschanski, M. H. Schierup, R. M. D. Beck, I. Karakikes, K. C. Wang, G. Umapathy, C. Roos, J. P. Boubli, A. Siepel, A. Kundaje, B. Paten, K. Lindblad-Toh, J. Rogers, T. Marques Bonet, and K. K.-H. Farh<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A global catalog of whole-genome diversity from 233 primate species<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2023, Science<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L. F. K. Kuderna, H. Gao, M. C. Janiak, M. Kuhlwilm<\/span>, J. D. Orkin, T. Bataillon, S. Manu, A. Valenzuela, J. Bergman, M. Rousselle, F. E. Silva, L. Agueda, J. Blanc, M. Gut, D. de Vries, I. Goodhead, R. A. Harris, M. Raveendran, A. Jensen, I. S. Chuma, J. E. Horvath, C. Hvilsom, D. Juan, P. Frandsen, J. G. Schraiber, F. R. de Melo, F. Bertuol, H. Byrne, I. Sampaio, I. Farias, J. Valsecchi, M. Messias, M. N. F. da Silva, M. Trivedi, R. Rossi, T. Hrbek, N. Andriaholinirina, C. J. Rabarivola, A. Zaramody, C. J. Jolly, J. Phillips-Conroy, G. Wilkerson, C. Abee, J. H. Simmons, E. Fernandez-Duque, S. Kanthaswamy, F. Shiferaw, D. Wu, L. Zhou, Y. Shao, G. Zhang, J. D. Keyyu, S. Knauf, M. D. Le, E. Lizano, S. Merker, A. Navarro, T. Nadler, C. C. Khor, J. Lee, P. Tan, W. K. Lim, A. C. Kitchener, D. Zinner, I. Gut, A. D. Melin, K. Guschanski, M. H. Schierup, R. M. D. Beck, G. Umapathy, C. Roos, J. P. Boubli, J. Rogers, K. K.-H. Farh, and T. Marques Bonet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The landscape of tolerated genetic variation in humans and primates<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2023, Science<\/p>\n\n\n\n

H. Gao, T. Hamp, J. Ede, J. G. Schraiber, J. McRae, M. Singer-Berk, Y. Yang, A. S. D. Dietrich, P. P. Fiziev, L. F. K. Kuderna, L. Sundaram, Y. Wu, A. Adhikari, Y. Field, C. Chen, S. Batzoglou, F. Aguet, G. Lemire, R. Reimers, D. Balick, M. C. Janiak, M. Kuhlwilm<\/span>, J. D. Orkin, S. Manu, A. Valenzuela, J. Bergman, M. Rousselle, F. E. Silva, L. Agueda, J. Blanc, M. Gut, D. de Vries, I. Goodhead, R. A. Harris, M. Raveendran, A. Jensen, I. S. Chuma, J. E. Horvath, C. Hvilsom, D. Juan, P. Frandsen, F. R. de Melo, F. Bertuol, H. Byrne, I. Sampaio, I. Farias, J. V. do Amaral, M. Messias, M. N. F. da Silva, M. Trivedi, R. Rossi, T. Hrbek, N. Andriaholinirina, C. J. Rabarivola, A. Zaramody, C. J. Jolly, J. Phillips-Conroy, G. Wilkerson, C. Abee, J. H. Simmons, E. Fernandez-Duque, S. Kanthaswamy, F. Shiferaw, D. Wu, L. Zhou, Y. Shao, G. Zhang, J. D. Keyyu, S. Knauf, M. D. Le, E. Lizano, S. Merker, A. Navarro, T. Bataillon, T. Nadler, C. C. Khor, J. Lee, P. Tan, W. K. Lim, A. C. Kitchener, D. Zinner, I. Gut, A. Melin, K. Guschanski, M. H. Schierup, R. M. D. Beck, G. Umapathy, C. Roos, J. P. Boubli, M. Lek, S. Sunyaev, A. O\u2019Donnell-Luria, H. L. Rehm, J. Xu, J. Rogers, T. Marques-Bonet, and K. K.-H. Farh<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Genome-wide coancestry reveals details of ancient and recent male-driven reticulation in baboons<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2023, Science<\/p>\n\n\n\n

E. F. S\u00f8rensen, R. A. Harris, L. Zhang, M. Raveendran, L. F. K. Kuderna, J. A. Walker, J. M. Storer, M. Kuhlwilm<\/span>, C. Fontsere, L. Seshadri, C. M. Bergey, A. S. Burrell, J. Bergman, J. E. Phillips-Conroy, F. Shiferaw, K. L. Chiou, I. S. Chuma, J. D. Keyyu, J. Fischer, M.-C. Gingras, S. Salvi, H. Doddapaneni, M. H. Schierup, M. A. Batzer, C. J. Jolly, S. Knauf, D. Zinner, K. K.-H. Farh, T. Marques-Bonet, K. Munch, C. Roos, and J. Rogers<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Divergent sensory and immune gene evolution in sea turtles with contrasting demographic and life histories<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences<\/p>\n\n\n\n

B.P. Bentley, T. Carrasco-Valenzuela, E.K.S. Ramos, H. Pawar, L. Souza Arantes, A. Alexander, S.M. Banerjee, P. Masterson, M. Kuhlwilm<\/span>, M. Pippel, J. Mountcastle, B. Haase, M. Uliano-Silva, G. Formenti, K. Howe, W. Chow, A. Tracey, Y. Sims, S. Pelan, J. Wood, K. Yetsko, J.R. Perrault, K. Stewart, S.R. Benson, Y. Levy, E.V. Toddt , H.B. Shaffer, P. Scott, B.T. Henen, R.W. Murphy, D.W. Mohr, A.F. Scott, DJ. Duffy, N.J. Gemmell, A.Suh, S. Winkler, F. Thibaud-Nissen, M.F. Nery, T. Marques-Bonet, A.Antunes, Y. Tikochinski, P.H. Dutton, O. Fedrigo, E.W. Myers, E.D. Jarvis, C.J. Mazzoni, L.M. Komoroske<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Temporal mapping of derived high-frequency gene variants supports the mosaic nature of the evolution of Homo sapiens<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2022, Scientific Reports<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A. Andirk\u00f3, J. Moriano, A. Vitriolo, M. Kuhlwilm<\/span>, G. Testa, and C. Boeckx<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Population dynamics and genetic connectivity in recent chimpanzee history<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2022, Cell Genomics<\/p>\n\n\n\n

C. Fontsere, M. Kuhlwilm<\/span>, C. Morcillo-Suarez, M. Alvarez-Estape, J.D. Lester, P. Gratton, J.M. Schmidt, P. Dieguez, T. Aebischer, P. \u00c1lvarez-Varona, A. Agbor, S. Angedakin, A.K. Assumang, E.A. Ayimisin, E. Bailey, D. Barubiyo, M. Bessone, A. Carretero-Alonso, R. Chancellor, H. Cohen, E. Danquah, T. Deschner, A. Dunn, J. Dupain, V.E. Egbe, O. Feliu, A. Goedmakers, A. Granjon, J. Head, D. Hedwig, V. Hermans, R.A. Hernandez-Aguilar, I. Imong, S. Jones, J. Junker, P. Kadam, M. Kaiser, M. Kambere, M.V. Kambale, A.K. Kalan, I. Kienast, D. Kujirakwinja, K. Langergraber, J. Lapuente, B. Larson, A. Laudisoit, K. Lee, M. Llana, M. Llorente, S. Marrocoli, D. Morgan, F. Mulindahabi, M. Murai, E. Neil, S. Nicholl, S. Nixon, E. Normand, C. Orbell, L.J. Ormsby, L. Pacheco, A. Piel, L. Riera, M.M. Robbins, A. Rundus, C. Sanz, L. Sciaky, V. Sommer, F.A. Stewart, N. Tagg, L.R. Tedonzong, E. Ton, J. van Schijndel, V. Vergnes, E.G. Wessling, J. Willie, R.M. Wittig, Y.G. Yuh, K. Yurkiw, K. Zuberbuehler, J. Hecht, L. Vigilant, C. Boesch, A.M. Andres, D.A. Hughes, H.S. K\u00fchl, E. Lizano, M. Arandjelovic, and T. Marques-Bonet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Epigenomic profiling of primate lymphoblastoid cell lines reveals the evolutionary patterns of epigenetic activities in gene regulatory architectures<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2021, Nature Communcations<\/p>\n\n\n\n

R. Garc\u00eda-P\u00e9rez, P. Esteller-Cucala, G. Mas, I. Lob\u00f3n, V. Di Carlo, M. Riera, M. Kuhlwilm<\/span>, A. Navarro, A. Blancher, L. Di Croce, J. L. G\u00f3mez-Skarmeta, D. Juan, and T. Marqu\u00e8s-Bonet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maximizing the acquisition of unique reads in non-invasive capture sequencing experiments<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2020, Molecular Ecology Resources<\/p>\n\n\n\n

C. Fontsere, M. Alvarez-Estape, J. Lester, M. Arandjelovic, M. Kuhlwilm<\/span>, P. Dieguez, A. Agbor, S. Angedakin, E. A. Ayimisin, M. Bessone, G. Brazzola, T. Deschner, M. Eno-Nku, A.-C. Granjon, J. Head, P. Kadam, A. K. Kalan, M. Kambi, K. Langergraber, J. Lapuente, G. Maretti, L. J. Ormsby, A. Piel, M. M. Robbins, F. Stewart, V. Vergnes, R. M. Wittig, H. S. K\u00fchl, T. Marques-Bonet, D. A. Hughes, and E. Lizano<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Resurrection of the ghosts (Comment on DOI 10.1002\/bies.202000012)<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2020, BioEssays<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M. Kuhlwilm<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dental proteome of Homo antecessor<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2020, Nature<\/p>\n\n\n\n

F. Welker, J. Ramos-Madrigal, P. Gutenbrunner, M. Mackie, S. Tiwary, R. Rakownikow Jersie-Christensen, C. Chiva, M. R. Dickinson, M. Kuhlwilm<\/span>, M. de Manuel, P. Gelabert, M. Martin\u00f3n-Torres, A. Margvelashvili, J. L. Arsuaga, E. Carbonell, T. Marques-Bonet, K. Penkman, E. Sabid\u00f3, J. Cox, J. V. Olsen, D. Lordkipanidze, F. Racimo, C. Lalueza-Fox, J. M. Berm\u00fadez de Castro, E. Willerslev, E. Cappellini<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dental enamel proteome sequencing reveals Gigantopithecus<\/em> as an early diverging pongine<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2019, Nature<\/p>\n\n\n\n

F. Welker, J. Ramos-Madrigal, M. Kuhlwilm<\/span>, W. Liao, P. Gutenbrunner, M. de Manuel, D. Samodova, M. Mackie, M. E. Allentoft, A.-M. Bacon, J. Cox, C. Lalueza-Fox, J. V. Olsen, F. Demeter , W. Wang, T. Marques-Bonet, E. Cappellini<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Genomic Footprints of the Fall and Recovery of the Crested Ibis<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2019, Current Biology<\/p>\n\n\n\n

S. Feng, Q. Fang, R. Barnett, C. Li, S. Han<\/span>, M. Kuhlwilm<\/span>, L. Zhou, H. Pan, Y. Deng, G. Chen, A. Gamauf, F. Woog, R. Prys-Jones, T. Marques-Bonet, M. T. P. Gilbert, and G. Zhang<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Selective single molecule sequencing and assembly of a human Y chromosome of African origin<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2019, Nature Communications<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L. F. K. Kuderna, E. Lizano, E. Juli\u00e0, J. Gomez-Garrido, A. Serres-Armero, M. Kuhlwilm<\/span>, R. A. Alandes, M. Alvarez-Estape, D. Juan, S. Heath, T. Alioto, M. Gut, I. Gut, M. H. Schierup, O. Fornas, and T. Marques-Bonet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Selection in the Introgressed Regions of the Chimpanzee Genome<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2018, Genome Biology & Evolution<\/p>\n\n\n\n

J. Nye, H. Laayouni, M. Kuhlwilm<\/span>, M. Mondal, T. Marques-Bonet, and J. Bertranpetit<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Test for Ancient Selective Sweeps and an Application to Candidate Sites in Modern Humans<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2014, Molecular Biology & Evolution<\/p>\n\n\n\n

F. Racimo, M. Kuhlwilm<\/span>, and M. Slatkin<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Analysis of Candidate Genes for Lineage-Specific Expression Changes in Humans and Primates<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2014, Journal of Proteome Research<\/p>\n\n\n\n

C. Lindskog, M. Kuhlwilm<\/span>, A. Davierwala, N. Fu, G. Hegde, M. Uhlen, S. Navani, S. Paabo, and F. Ponten<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Patterns of Coding Variation in the Complete Exomes of Three Neandertals<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2014, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

S. Castellano, G. Parra*, F. A. Sanchez-Quinto*, F. Racimo*, M. Kuhlwilm<\/span>*, M. Kircher, S. Sawyer, Q. Fu, A. Heinze, B. Nickel, J. Dabney, M. Siebauer, L. White, H. A. Burbano, G. Renaud, U. Stenzel, C. Lalueza-Fox, M. de la Rasilla, A. Rosas, P. Rudan, D. Brajkovic, Z. Kucan, I. Gusic, M. V. Shunkov, A. P. Derevianko, B. Viola, M. Meyer, J. Kelso, A. M. Andres, and S. P\u00e4\u00e4bo<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Complete Genome Sequence of a Neanderthal from the Altai Mountains<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2014, Nature<\/p>\n\n\n\n

K. Pr\u00fcfer, F. Racimo, N. Patterson, F. Jay, S. Sankararaman, S. Sawyer, A. Heinze, G. Renaud, P. H. Sudmant, C. de Filippo, H. Li, S. Mallick, M. Dannemann, Q. Fu, M. Kircher, M. Kuhlwilm<\/span>, M. Lachmann, M. Meyer, M. Ongyerth, M. Siebauer, C. Theunert, A. Tandon, P. Moorjani, J. Pickrell, J. C. Mullikin, S. H. Vohr, R. E. Green, I. Hellmann, P. L. Johnson, H. Blanche, H. Cann, J. O. Kitzman, J. Shendure, E. E. Eichler, E. S. Lein, T. E. Bakken, L. V. Golovanova, V. B. Doronichev, M. V. Shunkov, A. P. Derevianko, B. Viola, M. Slatkin, D. Reich, J. Kelso, and S. P\u00e4\u00e4bo<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Teaching<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

UniVie Winter semester:<\/strong>
Computational genomics approaches to evolution and human history (lecture)

Applications of admixture genomics (practical course)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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UniVie Summer semester:<\/strong>
Evolutionary Genomics and Admixture (lecture)

Sequencing bioinformatics for beginners (practical course)

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July 2022\/September 2023: iNEAL network Training school workshops at University of Vienna<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2017-2018: Teaching Mentorship Programme of Universitat Pompeu Fabra
2017|2018|2019|2020: Course Genomes & Systems (with Prof. Marques-Bonet), UPF
2015-2019: Lectures at MPI-EVA, UPF, Autonomous University of Barcelona<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Experience & Achievements<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Conferences & Talks<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Invited speaker at Gene Forum (2025), Human Evolution – From Fossils to Ancient and Modern Genomes (2025), 2nd M\u00fcnster Evolution Meeting (2023), 1st AsiaEvo Conference (2018), 15th RECOMB Comparative Genomics Satellite Conference (2017), Protolang 5 conference (2017)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Invited talks at Department of Primate Behavior and Evolution at Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (2025), University College London (2025), Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology Vienna (2025), KOSEAA (Vienna, 2024), University of Buffalo (2023), VetMedUni Vienna (2023), Free University of Berlin (2022), University of Z\u00fcrich (2022, 2023), The Norwegian University of Life Sciences (2022, online), Al-Khwarizmi Engineering College Baghdad (2021, online), Aarhus University (2019), University of Barcelona (2016), Ewha Womens University (2015)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speaker at EMBO|EMBL Symposium \u201cReconstructing the Human Past\u201d, Heidelberg (2019), XXI Population Genetics and Evolution Seminar Sitges (2016)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u200bPoster presentations at ESEB (2025), EMBO|EMBL Symposium \u201cReconstructing the Human Past\u201d (2022), Evolution II (2019), CSHL Biology of Genomes (2017), SMBE (2014, 2023, 2024, 2025), EMBO Evolution Conference (2014)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Grants & Networks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Networks<\/em>

HEAS<\/a>: Human Evolution & Archaeological Sciences<\/p>\n\n\n\n

iNEAL<\/a>: Integrating Neanderthal Legacy

Grants<\/em> and fellowships<\/em>

FWF 1000 ideas grant 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WWTF Vienna Research Groups for Young Investigators 2020

SMBE Young Investigator Travel Award 2020

LaCaixa JuniorLeader postdoctoral fellowship 2019-2022

DFG (German Research Society) postdoctoral fellowship 2016-2018

PhD Stipend 2010-2014 awarded by the Max Planck Society

Rejected grant proposals<\/em>: MSCA postdoctoral fellowship, EMBO postdoctoral fellowship; DFG Emmy Noether programme, ERC Starting Grant, Volkswagen Foundation Freigeist fellowship<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Outreach<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Lecture at the VHS<\/a> polycollege Vienna (in German), November 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Article in FWF’s scilog in English<\/a> and German<\/a>, January 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lecture on human evolution (in German) at the NHM<\/a>, January 2023

Article in University of Vienna magazine<\/a> (in German), May 2022
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Reviewing activity<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Reviewing activity for scientific journals: Nature, Science, Nature Ecology & Evolution, Molecular Biology & Evolution, Genome Biology, Plos Genetics, Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Cell Genomics, Science Advances, Genome Research, Genetics, Cell Reports, Communications Biology, Current Opinion in Genetics & Development, American Journal of Primatology, Systematic Biology, Genome Biology & Evolution, BioEssays, Frontiers in Genetics, RSOS, Genes, Diversity, Evolutionary Bioinformatics, Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, Plos One, Zoological Research, The Leakey Foundation, Estonian Research Council, National Science Center Poland, University of Tartu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Other<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Wet lab: Molecular biology, cell culture, sequencing technologies
Dry lab: Programming in R and other languages, data analysis and visualization
Secondary: Grant writing, visual design with Inkscape etc.
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