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Meet our new faculty: Priya Moorjani, molecular and cell biology

By Public Affairs

Name: Priya Moorjani
Department: Molecular and cell biology
Degrees: B.S. in engineering, University of Mumbai, 2003; M.S. in bioinformatics and genomics, George Washington University, 2005; Ph.D. in genetics, Harvard University, 2013.
Research interests: Using genetic data from present-day and ancient genomes to study human population history and evolution.
Fun fact: Last year on vacation, I traveled to the Denisova cave in the Altai mountains in Siberia to see the site where a *new* hominin species was discovered.

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