Knowledge of phylogenetic methods including molecular clock and DNA Barcoding Data processing and pipelines using self-made scripts in Python and Bash.Good evolutionary and ecological backgroundKnowledge of soil organisms in particular fungi and bacteria.Principles of morphological identification

The Molecular Evolution and Phylogenomics lab at University of Trento.The lab is specializes in reconstructing the evolutionary and ecological history of all types of organisms in particular those of agricultural and biomedical importance. We infer phylogenies using model driven inferences, we reconstruct pattern of molecular evolution using phylogenomics, and estimate divergences using molecular clock techniques. Different types of organisms and data are used ranging from barcoding to whole genomes, from metabarcoding to shotgun metagenomics. We collaborate with various colleagues worldwide to study insects, plants, fungi, bacteria and viruses of economical, conservation, biomedical, and environmental interest. The lab has access to state of the art biomolecular, microscopy and computational facilities (two clusters).