Alba Rey De La Iglesia

Experience

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  University of A Coruña

  Jan 2010 - Jun 2010

  Library assistant
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  Fragas do Eume Natural Park

  Jul 2011 - Sept 2011

  Field assistant and Visitor reception
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  University of A Coruña

  Dec 2011 - Jul 2012

  Research project

  Development of mitochondrial and nuclear markers to assess intraspecific differentiation and diversity between 3 endemic beetles from the genus Pimelia.

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  University of Copenhagen

  Jan 2013 - Apr 2013

  Research project

  Analysis of phylogeographic breaks into a quantitative community ecology framework in amphibian species from North America and Iberian Peninsula.

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  University of Copenhagen

  Jul 2014 - Nov 2014

  Student Research Assistant

  Preparation of RNA libraries for metagenomic studies.

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  CIIMAR

  Dec 2014 - Feb 2015

  Research Assistant

  My work involved library preparation and subsequent genomic hybridisation by capture of historic samples from museum collections.

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  University of Copenhagen

  Mar 2015 - Apr 2015

  Research Assistant

  Involved in several projects at the Centre for Geogenetics. Working with NGS, human metagenomics, pathogen discovery.

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  Natural History Museum of Denmark - Statens Naturhistoriske Museum

  Aug 2018 - Aug 2019

  Post-doctoral researcher

  Implementation of MobiSeq, a reduced representation library method, to several species. Bioinformatics processing of genomic data.

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  Københavns Universitet - University of Copenhagen - The National Wildlife Forensics Facility

  Aug 2019 - Sept 2023

  This position was focused on projects in paleogenomics and paleoecology of Arctic marine mammals and terrestrial megafauna. As part of this position I was also the lab manager for the research group. -Carried out ancient DNA lab work.-Performed data analyses using bioinformatics tools and RStudio.- Wrote scientific publications.- Performed lab manager tasks for the research group, including training staff.- Coordinated a large enrichment by capture project which generated data for five postdocs. - Designed and taught a four-day lab course. Show less

  • Associate researcher | Project specialist at Wildlife Forensics

    Mar 2015 - Sept 2023

  • Postdoctoral researcher

    Aug 2019 - Aug 2022
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  University of Copenhagen

  Aug 2022 - Jul 2023

  Assistant Professor

  Research position with a focus on paleogenomics and paleoecology projects.- Lead two multidisciplinary projects including internal and external partners in ancient biomolecules and archeology.- Attracted new collaborators to the research group where I work.- Wrote scientific publications.

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  Illumina

  Aug 2023 - now

  Sr Technical Applications Scientist

  - Providing technical support to customers primarily from the Nordic countries and Benelux- Supporting customers in Illumina Benchtop Sequencers