I am a computational biologist with an interest in evolutionary biology and population genomics. Together with multidisciplinary and international collaborators, I am studying the recent history of humans and domestic animals in Europe, using large genomic datasets from modern and ancient populations analyzed with state-of-the-art computational tools. My group is also actively developing such open-access tools that are widely used by the research community.
Torsten Günther
Key Publications
Genetic relatedness mattered in the co-burial ritual of Neolithic hunter–gatherers
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2026
Genotype calls for modern and ancient sheep from Iberia
Zenodo, 2026
Estimating allele frequencies, ancestry proportions and genotype likelihoods in the presence of mapping bias
G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics, 2025
Gone With the Wind: Exploring a Vanished Rock Dove, Columba livia, Hybrid Zone in the Sahara Desert
Ecology and Evolution, 2025
Genomic diversity and structure of prehistoric alpine individuals from the Tyrolean Iceman’s territory
Nature Communications, 2025