Gregory Maes

Gregory Maes did his postgraduate training at the University of Leuven (Belgium) on population and conservation genetics of aquatic organisms, focusing on exploited and endangered species such as eels, flatfishes, pikes, hybridogenetic frogs and polyploid invasive carps. He then spent 6 years doing various postdocs examining the applications of population⁄conservation genomics approaches to exploited freshwater and marine fishes at various spatio-temporal scales.

His main interest lies in multidisciplinary connectivity assessments and the genomic basis of fisheries induced evolution. Over the past 10 years he published more than 75 research papers and four book chapters in various fields, ranging from evolutionary biology, population genetics/genomics, conservation genetics, phylogeography, aquaculture genetics, metagenomics to ecotoxicogenomics of aquatic organisms. For an up to date full publication list, please visit my ResearcherID page: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/C-5450-2008

As a senior lecturer in Evolutionary and Applied Genetics at JCU (Adjunct since January 2016), he applies various concepts developed on temperate species to tropical systems.

These include:

1. Applied Genomic tool development and predictive modelling approaches for NGS-based diagnostics, natural population characterisation, sustainable harvesting and robust breeding initiatives (Applied Genomics)

2. Genetic improvement of aquatic organisms and genomic consequences of the interaction between farmed and natural populations (Aquaculture Genomics)

3. Conservation genomics and traceability of natural exploited populations at various spatial scales (SeaScape & Fisheries Genomics)

4. Evolutionary and phenotypic consequences of exploitation at various temporal scales (Conservation Paleogenomics)

5. Marine invasion biology and ecosystem quality assessment (Invasion and Environmental Genomics)

6. Environmental DNA (eDNA genomics) and Microbial community (Microbiome) analyses in various organisms (Metagenomics)

Since January 2016 he now holds a double affiliation, as Adjunct Senior Lecturer at JCU and Senior project developer and manager at the KULeuven (Leuven, Belgium).

At the KU Leuven Genomics Core (www.genomicscore.be), my main responsibilities are the conceptualization, development and management of innovative research projects in the fields of Health Genomics, Personalized Medicine and Molecular NGS diagnotics (pre-implantation/natal), plant and animal breeding genomics, translational genomics, metagenomics, fisheries/aquaculture forensics and evolutionary genomics, using various sequencing technologies and Bioinformatics Tools.