Leo Speidel

Leo is a group leader at RIKEN, Japan’s national scientific research institute. His group develops powerful statistical tools that leverage the DNA of modern and ancient people to uncover the evolution of human genetic variation, how it links to historical events, and how these may impact our health today. Before joining RIKEN in 2024, he obtained his PhD in the Department of Statistics at the University of Oxford and was a Sir Henry Wellcome Fellow at UCL and the Francis Crick Institute.