Dr. Glenn Yannic

Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine
Université de Savoie Mont Blanc
Le Bourget-du-Lac, France

Glenn Yannic is a molecular biologist who studies the consequences of environmental and anthropogenic changes on the genetic diversity of alpine and arctic species. Glenn received his Ph.D. at the University of Lausanne, on the evolutionary history of the complex karyotypic group of Sorex araneus. He then moved to Laval University, Canada, where he developed a large-scale population genetics program on caribou and reindeer on a global scale. He currently holds a faculty position at the University of Savoie Mont Blanc, France, where he is developing an integrated research program to investigate the historical and contemporary factors shaping genetic variation in ungulate populations (e.g., caribou, chamois), based on the use of different approaches, including analyses of current DNA and aDNA genetic variation, spatial modeling, paleoclimate reconstructions and simulations, i.e., in the emerging field of Geogenomics.