Cesar Augusto Fortes Lima

Cesar Augusto Fortes Lima is a Researcher in Population Genomics at the Department of Organismal Biology (Human Evolution sub-department) at Uppsala University, Sweden. He holds an Associate Researcher position and has held roles including Postdoc in Population Genomics (2018–2020) under Carina M. Schlebusch and Postdoc in Population Genetics/Bioinformatics (2016–2018) under Paul Verdu. His research focuses on African genetic diversity, the African Diaspora, transatlantic slave trade dynamics, and demographic inference through genomic analysis.

Education includes a PhD in Biological Anthropology from University Paul Sabatier (2015), MSc in Tropical Parasitic Diseases (University of Valencia, 2012), and MSc in Physical Anthropology (Autonomous University of Madrid, 2011). His work combines computational genomics with anthropological insights, emphasizing field studies in Africa and Latin America.

Key research themes include admixture dynamics, population migration patterns, and the genetic impacts of historical events like the Bantu expansion and transatlantic slave trade. His publications analyze Sahel populations, Bantu-speaking groups, and Maroon communities, leveraging advanced statistical methods like Approximate Bayesian Computation.

No scientific awards are explicitly listed in the provided text. His advisory roles and grants are not detailed here, but his lab affiliations include the Human Evolution team at Uppsala’s Evolutionary Biology Centre.