Martin Richards

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Professor, Department of Biological and Geographical Sciences
School of Applied Sciences
Director, Evolutionary Genomics Research Centre

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Biography

Martin studied genetics at the Universities of Sheffield and Manchester, moving to Oxford University and into archaeogenetic research in 1990. From there, he developed collaborative links with a small group of like-minded colleagues who spearheaded the use of network diagrams in the phylogenetic and phylogeographic analysis of human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). This enjoyable collaboration was to yield influential models for the settlement of both Europe and the Pacific, and for prehistoric dispersals in Africa. He subsequently moved to UCL, Huddersfield and then Leeds University, where he taught, amongst other topics, human evolution, molecular evolution and bioinformatics. He finally moved back to Huddersfield to take up a Research Chair in January 2012.

His research in the last decade has particularly sought to apply complete mtDNA genome variation to archaeogenetic questions, such as the route taken by modern humans dispersing out of Africa and the settlement of Southeast Asia and the Pacific – most recently returning his focus to the continuing controversy over the settlement of Europe.

He co-edited Mitochondrial DNA and the Evolution of Homo Sapiens (Springer-Verlag, 2006) with Hans-Jürgen Bandelt and Vincent Macaulay.

Research Expertise and Interests

Applying complete mtDNA genome variation to archaeogenetic questions

Research Expertise and Interests

Genetics
Archeogenetics
Human Evolution
Molecular Evolution
Bioinformatics

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Projects

1 Active

ACROSS: Australasian Colonization Research: Origins of Seafaring to Sahul

Richards, M. & Farr, R. H.

1/02/18 → 31/01/23

Project: Research

Research Output

A dispersal of Homo sapiens from southern to eastern Africa immediately preceded the out-of-Africa migration

Rito, T., Vieira, D., Soares Da Silva, M., Conde-Sousa, E., Pereira, L., Mellars, P., Richards, M. & Soares, P., 18 Mar 2019, In : Scientific Reports. 9, 1, 10 p., 4728.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access

5 Citations (Scopus)

An Efficient and User-Friendly Implementation of the Founder Analysis Methodology

Vieira, D., Almeida, M., Richards, M. B. & Soares, P., 22 Jun 2019, Practical Applications of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics: 13th International Conference, PACBB 2019. Mohamad, M. S., Zaki, N., Castellanos-Garzón, J. A., Fdez-Riverola, F. & Rocha, M. (eds.). Springer Verlag, p. 121-128 8 p. (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; vol. 1005).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Association of Leukotriene A4 Hydrolase with Tuberculosis Susceptibility Using Genomic Data in Portugal

Rito, T., Ferreira, J., Cavadas, B., Soares, P., Oliveira, O., Richards, M. B., Duarte, R., Pereira, L. & Correia-Neves, M., 4 Dec 2019, In : Microorganisms. 7, 12, 8 p., 650.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access