Marcus Thomas Pius Gilbert

Marcus Thomas Pius Gilbert (also known as Tom Gilbert, and publishing as MTP Gilbert) is an evolutionary biologist. He is one of the most cited scientists in the world, and he is considered as one of the most influential persons in the science. At the moment he is leading the Gilbert group in the prestigious Centre for Geogenetics in Copenhagen.

He received a BA at Oriel College, Oxford University, and a D.Phil. (Doctor of Philosophy) in the Zoology Dept and at New College under Alan Cooper. Subsequently, he was a post-doctoral fellow at the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, at the University of Arizona. In 2005, he became an Assistant Professor at the University of Copenhagen, where he is currently Professor of Palaeogenomics at the University of Copenhagen's Natural History Museum of Denmark, and a member of the Centre for Geogenetics at Copenhagen University. He is also Adjunct Professor of Murdoch University (Perth, Australia), and an Associate Editor of the journals, Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, and PLoS ONE. He is a member of the Editorial Board for Current Biology.[1]

He is notable for his work on ancient DNA, having several publications in journals such as Science, Nature and PNAS. He was involved in the sequencing of DNA from Pre-clovis native americans.[2] He is currently coordinator of the EUROTAST Marie Curie Actions Training Network, an interdisciplinary research program of 13 PhD students based at 10 international institutions, aimed at applying the latest in research techniques to helping contribute to modern understanding of the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade (www.eurotast.eu). Outside of bioarchaeology, his other interests include phylogenomics with particular focus on birds and the giant squid.