{"id":1657,"date":"2022-08-29T17:11:40","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T15:11:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/sgg\/?page_id=1657"},"modified":"2025-10-28T18:19:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T17:19:14","slug":"people-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.unil.ch\/sgg\/people-2\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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SGG, 2025 spring.<\/strong> Top – left to right: Robin, Samuel, Th\u00e9o, Tabea. Bottom – left to right: Leona, Adriaan, Zolt\u00e1n, Diana, Cailyn<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Current members<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Name<\/strong><\/td>Position<\/strong><\/td>Topic<\/strong><\/td>Date<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Zolt\u00e1n Kutalik<\/a><\/td>Associate professor<\/td>MR of all kinds<\/td>2013-<\/td><\/tr>
Mariona Lopez Gil<\/a><\/td>Executive Assistant<\/td><\/td>2018-<\/td><\/tr>
Tabea Schoeler<\/a><\/td>Post-doc<\/td>Genetic contribution to mental health outcomes<\/td>2020-<\/td><\/tr>
Adriaan van der Graaf<\/a><\/td>Post-doc<\/td>Causal networks<\/td>2021-<\/td><\/tr>
Leona Kn\u00fcsel<\/a><\/td>PhD student<\/td>Sporadic Alzheimer’s disease<\/td>2022-<\/td><\/tr>
Kaido Lepik<\/a><\/td>Post-doc (part time)<\/td>Mediation MR<\/td>2022-<\/td><\/tr>
Samuel Moix<\/a><\/td>PhD student<\/td>Aging and pharmacogenetics<\/td>2023-<\/td><\/tr>
Nicolas Goss<\/a><\/td>PhD student<\/td>Metabolomics & complex health outcomes<\/td>2023-<\/td><\/tr>
Robin Hofmeister<\/a><\/td>Post-doc<\/td>Parental causal effects<\/td>2023-<\/td><\/tr>
Mihaela-Diana Zanoaga<\/a><\/td>PhD student<\/td>Selection strength estimation <\/td>2023-<\/td><\/tr>
Th\u00e9o Cavinato<\/a><\/td>PhD student<\/td>Population genetics & data privacy<\/td>2023-<\/td><\/tr>
Sadegh Rizi<\/a><\/td>Intern<\/td>Metabolite ratio causality<\/td>2024-<\/td><\/tr>
Milka Zakja<\/a><\/td>Intern<\/td>Drug side effects<\/td>2025-<\/td><\/tr>
Sydney Fleming<\/a><\/td>MSc student<\/td>Ground-truth networks to identify robust drug target interactions<\/td>2025-<\/td><\/tr>
Martin Quintas<\/a><\/td>MSc student<\/td>Parent of origin effect rare variants gene burden tests<\/td>2025-<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Past members<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Name<\/mark><\/strong><\/td>Position<\/mark><\/strong><\/td>Topic<\/mark><\/strong><\/td>Date<\/strong><\/mark><\/td><\/tr>
Chaymae Ziyani<\/a><\/td>PhD student<\/td>Single cell RNA-seq QTLs<\/td>2024-25<\/td><\/tr>
Chiara Auwerx<\/a><\/td>PhD student<\/td>Rare-common variant continuum<\/td>2020-24<\/td><\/tr>
Marie Sadler<\/a><\/td>PhD student<\/td>Drug repurposing<\/td>2020-24<\/td><\/tr>
Liza Darrous<\/a><\/td>PhD student<\/td>Robust MR<\/td>2019-23<\/td><\/tr>
Amelie Fritz<\/td>Visiting PhD student<\/td>Sex-specific genetic differences between trait pairs<\/td>2023<\/td><\/tr>
Samuel Moix<\/a><\/td>MSc student<\/td>Telomere length & aging<\/td>2022-23<\/td><\/tr>
Sven Erik Ojavee<\/a><\/td>PhD student<\/td>Bayesian time-to-event analysis<\/td>2020-22<\/td><\/tr>
Kaido Lepik<\/a><\/td>Post-doc<\/td>Mediation MR<\/td>2021-22<\/td><\/tr>
Jenny Sjaarda<\/a><\/td>Post-doc<\/td>Cross-partner MR<\/td>2019-22<\/td><\/tr>
Marion Patxot<\/a><\/td>PhD student<\/td>Genetic architecture of complex traits<\/td>2020-22<\/td><\/tr>
Mal\u00fa Zamariolli<\/a><\/td>Visiting PhD student<\/td>22q11.2 deletion syndrome<\/td>2021-22<\/td><\/tr>
Tristan Woh<\/a><\/td>Visiting MSc student<\/td>Causal relationships between DNAm and complex traits<\/td>2022<\/td><\/tr>
Yanina Timasheva<\/a><\/td>visiting Post-doc<\/td>Estimation of multi-trait selection strength<\/td>2021-22<\/td><\/tr>
Ninon Mounier<\/a><\/td>PhD student<\/td>Bayesian GWAS<\/td>2017-22<\/td><\/tr>
Eleonora Porcu<\/a><\/td>Post-doc<\/td>Gene expression-trait causality<\/td>2016-21<\/td><\/tr>
Jonathan Sulc<\/a><\/td>PhD student<\/td>Genetics subclasses of obesity<\/td>2017-21<\/td><\/tr>
Mathieu Schornoz<\/a><\/td>MSc student<\/td>Estimation of multi-trait selection strength<\/td>2021<\/td><\/tr>
Vanessa Pitz<\/a><\/td>visiting PhD student<\/td>Parkinson’s genetics<\/td>2019<\/td><\/tr>
Tess Bonato<\/a><\/td>MSc student<\/td>Genomic privacy<\/td>2018<\/td><\/tr>
Emilie Ha<\/a><\/td>MSc student<\/td>Zinc homeostasis genetics<\/td>2018<\/td><\/tr>
Sina R\u00fceger<\/a><\/td>PhD student<\/td>Summary statistic imputation<\/td>2013-18<\/td><\/tr>
Peter Joshi<\/a><\/td>visiting scientist<\/td>Lifespan genetics<\/td>2018<\/td><\/tr>
Elisabeth Dahlqwist<\/a><\/td>Visiting PhD student<\/td>Attributable risk and causal inference<\/td>2017-18<\/td><\/tr>
Damia Noce<\/a><\/td>Visiting PhD student<\/td>Genetics of the complement pathway<\/td>2018<\/td><\/tr>
Anthony Sonrel<\/a><\/td>MSc student<\/td>Obesity genetics & diet<\/td>2017-18<\/td><\/tr>
Aaron McDaid<\/a><\/td>Post-doc<\/td>Genetics of Aging<\/td>2014-17<\/td><\/tr>
Kaido Lepik<\/a><\/td>Visiting PhD student<\/td>Gene expression biomarkers for CRP<\/td>2017<\/td><\/tr>
Jing Cui<\/a><\/td>PhD student<\/td>Neuro-genetics<\/td>2013-16<\/td><\/tr>
Aur\u00e9lien Mac\u00e9<\/a><\/td>PhD student<\/td>CNV analysis<\/td>2012-16<\/td><\/tr>
David Lamparter<\/td>PhD student<\/td>Pathway GWAS<\/td>2012-16<\/td><\/tr>
Yujuan Gui<\/td>MSc student<\/td>Metabolic fingerprints of drugs<\/td>2015<\/td><\/tr>
Sophie Debonneville<\/td>MSc student<\/td>Diet-genetics<\/td>2014<\/td><\/tr>
Rico Rueedi<\/a><\/td>Post-doc<\/td>Metabolome genetics<\/td>2012-14<\/td><\/tr>
Antony Le B\u00e9chec<\/a><\/td>Post-doc<\/td>Exome sequencing analysis<\/td>2012-13<\/td><\/tr>
Cristian Riccio<\/td>MSc student<\/td>Diet-genetics<\/td>2013<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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SGG, 2024 Bouldering.<\/strong> Top – left to right: Zolt\u00e1n, Robin, Samuel, Adriaan, Sadegh, Tabea (frame). Bottom – left to right: Diana, Chiara, Leona, Chaymae<\/p>\n\n\n

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SGG, 2023 winter retreat.<\/strong> Left to right: Zolt\u00e1n, Samuel, Leona, Adriaan, Tabea, Chiara, Liza, Marie, Robin. <\/p>\n\n\n

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SGG, 2021 fall.<\/strong> Top – left to right: Sven, Mal\u00fa, Jonathan, Kaido, Adriaan, Eleonora, Chiara, Jenny, Zolt\u00e1n. Bottom – left to right: Tabea, Liza, Ninon, Marie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SGG, 2021 winter dinner<\/strong>. Left (front to back): Kaido, Ninon, Adriaan, Jonathan, Tabea, Marion. Right(front to back): Yanina, Liza, Mal\u00fa, Zolt\u00e1n, Sven, Chiara, Marie.<\/p>\n\n\n

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SGG, 2020 summer.<\/strong> Left to right: Sven, Marie, Liza, Eleonora, Chiara, Marion, Zoltan, Jonathan, Ninon.<\/p>\n\n\n

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SGG, 2017 Summer.<\/strong> Left to right: Aaron, Maarja, Kaido, Sina, Zolt\u00e1n, Jonathan, Ninon, Anthony, Eleonora.<\/p>\n\n\n

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SGG, 2016 Summer.<\/strong> Left to right: Zoltan, Eleonora, Yujuan, Aaron, David, Sina, Aurelien.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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