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Basics
| Name | Pavel Flegontov |
| Label | Associate Professor / Researcher |
| pflegontov@gmail.com | |
| Summary | Population geneticist and evolutionary biologist specializing in ancient DNA, population history, and computational genomics. |
Work
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2021.07 - Present Scientific associate
Harvard University (Harvard Medical School / Reich Lab association)
Collaborative research in ancient genomics and population history.
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2013.10 - Present Associate Professor / Group Leader
University of Ostrava
Teaching and research in population genetics and ancient DNA; supervising students and leading projects.
Education
Awards
- 2026
GAČR President's award
Czech Science Foundation (GAČR)
Awarded by the President of the Czech Science Foundation in recognition of outstanding scientific outputs from grant project No. 21-27624S, "Genomic formation of Indo-Europeans: new approaches to genetic admixture modelling guided by simulated data" (2021–2025).
- 2016
University of Ostrava Rector's award
University of Ostrava
For Outstanding Scientific or Artistic Achievement (under 35).
Projects
- 2025.01 - 2027.01
- 2021.01 - 2026.01
Genomic formation of Indo-Europeans: new approaches to genetic admixture modelling guided by simulated data
- Archaeogenetics
- Population history
- 2019.01 - 2022.06
Archaeogenetic Study of Human Populations in Mainland Southeast Asia
- Archaeogenetics
- Population history
Skills
| Computational Genomics | |
| ancient DNA analysis | |
| population genetics | |
| admixture modelling | |
| principal component analysis | |
| f-statistics |
| Bioinformatics & Programming | |
| Python | |
| R | |
| bash |
| Laboratory Techniques | |
| DNA extraction | |
| library preparation | |
| NGS workflows | |
| ancient DNA protocols |
Languages
| English | |
| C1 |
| Russian | |
| C2 (Native) |
| Czech | |
| B1 |
References
| Available on request | |