Marcus Thomas Pius Gilbert (also known as Tom Gilbert, and publishing as M Thomas P Gilbert) is an evolutionary biologist. His work is highly cited,[1] and influential in the fields of palaeogenomics, evolutionary genomics and evolutionary hologenomics. He is currently the director of the University of Copenhagen's Center for Evolutionary Hologenomics.[2]
M Thomas P Gilbert | |
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| Born | 1977 Hammersmith, London, UK |
| Nationality | English |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom, Denmark |
| Alma mater | Oriel College and New College, Oxford University |
| Known for | ancient DNA/Paleogenomics, Phylogenomics, Evolutionary Hologenomics |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Evolutionary biology, Hologenomics, Paleogenomics |
| Institutions | The GLOBE Institute, NTNU University Museum, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, University of Arizona, Oxford University |
| Doctoral advisor | Alan Cooper |
He received a Bachelor of Arts in Biological Sciences at Oriel College, Oxford University in 2000, and Doctor of Philosophy from the Zoology Dept and at New College, Oxford University in 2004 under Alan Cooper. Subsequently, he was a post-doctoral fellow with Michael Worobey at the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, at the University of Arizona, where he undertook genetic analyses on samples containing some of the earliest recorded HIV-1 infected tissues.[3][4] In 2005, he became an assistant professor at the University of Copenhagen, where he has been professor of palaeogenomics since 2011, initially at the Natural History Museum of Denmark, and subsequently at the GLOBE Institute. In 2020 he founded and became the first director of the Center for Evolutionary Hologenomics. He is also a professor at NTNU University Museum.
As of 2022[update], Gilbert is an associate editor of the journals Evolution, Medicine and Public Health,[5] and Methods in Ecology and Evolution,[6] and a former editor of the journals PLOS One, Environmental DNA, Open Quaternary and Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. He is a member of the editorial board for Current Biology.[7] and an elected member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters.[8]
As of January 2022[update] he was the author of ca. 390 papers in peer-reviewed journals.
References
edit- ^ "Highly Cited Researchers (h>100) according to their Google Scholar Citations public profiles". Ranking Web of Universities. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ "Center For Evolutionary Hologenomics (CEH)". Danish National Research Foundation. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ Gilbert, M. Thomas P.; Rambaut, Andrew; Wlasiuk, Gabriela; Spira, Thomas J.; Pitchenik, Arthur E.; Worobey, Michael (20 November 2007). "The emergence of HIV/AIDS in the Americas and beyond". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104 (47): 18566–18570. doi:10.1073/pnas.0705329104. PMC 2141817. PMID 17978186.
- ^ Worobey, Michael; Gemmel, Marlea; Teuwen, Dirk E.; Haselkorn, Tamara; Kunstman, Kevin; Bunce, Michael; Muyembe, Jean-Jacques; Kabongo, Jean-Marie M.; Kalengayi, Raphaël M.; Van Marck, Eric; Gilbert, M. Thomas P.; Wolinsky, Steven M. (October 2008). "Direct evidence of extensive diversity of HIV-1 in Kinshasa by 1960". Nature. 455 (7213): 661–664. Bibcode:2008Natur.455..661W. doi:10.1038/nature07390. PMC 3682493. PMID 18833279.
- ^ "Editorial Board". Evolution, Medicine and Public Health. Oxford Academic. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ "Editorial Board". besjournals. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
- ^ "Editorial Board: Current Biology". www.cell.com. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ "Royal Academy". www.royalacademy.dk. Retrieved 5 January 2022.