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Michel Milinkovitch is Full Professor in the Department of Genetics & Evolution at the University of Geneva (Switzerland). He is also a member of the Institute of Genetics and Genomics in Geneva (iGE3) since its foundation (2011) and a Group leader of the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB) since 2014. As an evolutionary geneticist, he contributed to quantitative analysis and modelling in Molecular Phylogenomics and Applied Evolutionary Genetics. He has developed concepts, analytical tools, and algorithms/models for multiple sequence alignments, phylogeny inference and haplotypic network building. His recent focus is on Evolutionary Developmental Genetics (Evo-Devo) and the Physics of Biology. He specialises on non-classical model species in reptiles and mammals and integrates data and analyses from comparative genomics, molecular developmental genetics, as well as computer modelling and numerical simulations. He has published over 100 papers in international peer-reviewed journals (including Nature, Nature Communications, Science, Science Advances, and PNAS) for a cumulate impact factor of nearly 1000. He has also published 7 book chapters. He has given over 100 invited talks (as well as about 60 contributed talks/posters) all around the world. He has been reviewer for over 50 peer-reviewed international biology and physics journals (including Nature, Science, PNAS, ACS Nano, and Soft Matter) and has served as external reviewer for academic promotions, grant proposals, and PhD committees in Europe and the USA. He has served, and is still serving, on the Editorial Board of scientific journals and has supervised 18 Ph.D. theses (six are under way). He is chair of an ERC (European Research Council) evaluation panel since 2019. Michel Milinkovitch obtained several prizes and awards both for his academic and popularisation work. He is the co-founder (November 2001) of the spin-off Delphi Genetics (www.delphigenetics.com).
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-2553-0724
Google Scholar ID byH9cPoAAAAJ
Selected publications
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A Living Mesoscopic Cellular Automaton Made of Skin Scales
Manukyan L., Montandon S.A., Fofonjka A., Smirnov S., M.C. Milinkovitch
Nature 544, 7649: 173–179 (2017)
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The Anatomical Placode in Reptile Scale Morphogenesis Indicates Shared Ancestry Among Skin Appendages in Amniotes
Di-Poï N., M. C. Milinkovitch
Science Advances 2, 6: e1600708 (2016)
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Photonic Crystals Cause Active Colour Change in Chameleons
Teyssier J., Saenko S.V., van der Marel D., M.C. Milinkovitch
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Crocodile Head Scales Are Not Developmental Units But Emerge from Physical Cracking
Milinkovitch M.C., Manukyan L., Debry A., Di-Poï N., Martin S., Singh D., Lambert D., Zwicker M.
Science 339, 6115: 78-81 (2013)
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Crocodylians Evolved Scattered Multi-Sensory Micro-Organs
Di-Poï N. & M.C. Milinkovitch
EvoDevo 4, 19 (2013)
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Contrasted evolution of the vomeronasal receptor repertoires in Mammals and Squamate reptiles
Brykczynska, Tzika, Rodriguez & Milinkovitch
Genome Biology Evolution 5, 2: 389-401 (2013)
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2X genomes - depth does matter
Milinkovitch M.C., Helaers R., Depiereux E., Tzika A.C., & T. Gabaldon
Genome Biology 11, 16 (2010)