Cristian Capelli

email: cristian.capelli@unipr.it

My research focuses on human evolution, with a particular attention to the processes (cultural and historical) that have shaped the distribution of genetic variation across human populations. I’m also interested in exploring how non-human primates can be used to generate an interpretative framework for understanding our own evolutionary history.

I’m currently Associate Professor of Anthropology at the Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability (SCVSA), University of Parma

CAPELLI Cristian | Teaching staff (unipr.it)

Previous Positions

2006-2020	University Lecturer, Associate Professor in  Human Evolution Tutorial Fellow	Department of Zoology University of Oxford St Hugh’s College
2004-2006	Technical Services Scientist	Promega Italia
2003-2004	Research Assistant Institute of Legal Medicine	Università Cattolica del S. Cuore Rome, Italy
2002-2003	Field Sales Representative	Abbott Pharmaceuticals Campoverde, Latina, Italy
2001-2002	Research Assistant Institute of Legal Medicine	Università Cattolica del S. Cuore Rome, Italy
2000-2001	Research Assistant Evolutionary Genetics	Galton Laboratory, UCL London, UK
2000	Visiting Student (Prof David B Goldstein)	Galton Laboratory, UCL London, UK
1998	Visiting Student (Prof Svante Pääbo)	Institute of Zoology University of Munich Germany

Education

1996-2000	PhD Forensic Genetics Institute of Legal Medicine	Università Cattolica del S. Cuore Rome, Italy
1991-1996	Degree in Biological Sciences (cum lauda)	University of Rome “La Sapienza” Rome, Italy