Omer Gokcumen

Professor
Distinguished Postdoc Mentor Award, 2019
Department of Biological Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences

Contact Information

H532 Hochstetter Hall, Buffalo NY, 14260, Phone: (716) 645-4937, omergokc@buffalo.edu

Education

  • Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
  • Postdoctoral Research, Harvard Medical School

Research Statement

Omer Gokcumen is an expert in evolutionary anthropology — the study of how humans evolved and how they differ from non-human primates such as gorillas and chimpanzees. His work is tied to human evolution, including evolutionary adaptation and the evolutionary processes that lead to genetic disease. Gokcumen’s research examines the role that genomic variants, especially deletions and duplications, play in human disease and biology. His laboratory investigates the evolutionary history of genetic variations tied to interesting traits and diseases in modern and ancient human populations. Here is his CV.

Selected Publications

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