Daniel Croll is a Professor of Evolutionary Genetics at the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland and has a broad range of interests ranging from population genomics, microbiology, bioinformatics and conservation genomics.
The major aims of Daniel’s research are to understand the evolutionary processes that shape the genomes of fungi and plant pathogens in particular. The motivation is to understand how pathogens evolve to cause disease. For this, the lab focuses on major crop pathogens and investigates mechanisms of rapid adaptation. Daniel takes a broad view of his research and has strong interests in evolutionary processes at all levels from transposable elements to genomes and broad species comparisons. The lab has also a passion for projects related to conservation genomics. Daniel’s approach combines computational work with empirical analyses from the field to the bench.
Brief bio:
2024- Director, Institute of Biology, University of Neuchâtel
2023- Full Professor, University of Neuchâtel
2017-2022 Assistant Professor, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
2015-2016 Junior Group Leader, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
2013-2014 Postdoc, University of British Columbia, Canada (with Prof. James Kronstad)
2010-2012 Postdoc, ETH Zurich, Switzerland (with Prof. Bruce A McDonald)
2009 PhD, University of Lausanne, Switzerland (with Prof. Ian R. Sanders)
Current Editorial boards: mBio (2024-), PLOS Pathogens (2023-).
Time capsule to a previous life.