Associate Professor 2016-present, Associate Professor, Department of Genetics and Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Georgia, USA 2010-2016 Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, UK 2005-2010 Lecturer, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, UK 2003-2005 Royal Society USA Research Fellow, Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, UK 2001-2003 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Genome Sciences, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA Education Education: 2001 Ph.D., Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago, USA 1996 M.A.T. (Biology), Department of Education, Cornell University, USA 1995 B.S., Section of Ecology and Systematics, Cornell University, USA Research Research Areas: Genomics and Bioinformatics Evolutionary Genetics Selected Publications Selected Publications: Full Publication list on Google Scholar Chen, J., P.J. Basting, S. Han, D.J. Garfinkel & C.M. Bergman (2023) Reproducible evaluation of transposable element detectors with McClintock 2 guides accurate inference of Ty insertion patterns in yeast. Mobile DNA 14:8. Han, S., G.B. Dias, R. Viswanatha, N. Perrimon & C.M. Bergman (2022) Local assembly of long reads enables phylogenomics of transposable elements in a polyploid cell line. Nucleic Acids Res. 50:gkac794. Han, S., G.B. Dias, P.J. Basting, M.G. Nelson, M. Marzo, S. Patel & C.M. Bergman (2022) Ongoing transposition in cell culture reveals genomic diversity among sub-lines of Drosophila S2 cells. Genetics 221:iyac077. Mariyappa, D., D.B. Rusch, S. Han, A. Luhur, C.M. Bergman & A.C. Zelhof. (2022) A novel transposable element-based authentication protocol for Drosophila cell lines. G3 12:jkab403. Han, S., P.J. Basting, G.B. Dias, A. Luhur, A.C. Zelhof & C.M. Bergman (2021) Transposable element profiles reveal cell line identity and loss of heterozygosity in Drosophila cell culture. Genetics 219:iyab113. Dias, G.B., M.A. Altammami, H.A.F. El-Shafie, M.B. Al-Fageeh, C.M. Bergman & M.M. Manee (2021) Haplotype-resolved diploid genome assembly enables gene discovery in the red palm weevil Rhynchophorus ferrugineus. Scientific Reports 11:9987. Czaja, W., H.-W. Ahn, D. Bensasson, D.J. Garfinkel & C.M. Bergman (2020) Evolution of Ty1 copy number control in yeast by horizontal transfer and recombination. PLOS GENETICS 16:e1008632. Manee, M.M., J. Jackson & C.M. Bergman (2018) Conserved noncoding elements influence the transposable element landscape in Drosophila. Genome Biol. Evol. 10:1533-1545. Bergman, C.M. (2018) Horizontal transfer and proliferation of Tsu4 in Saccharomyces paradoxus. Mobile DNA 9:18. Awards, Honors and Recognitions Of note: 2012 Human Frontiers of Science Program Young Investigator Award (Renewal) 2008 Human Frontiers of Science Program Young Investigator Award 2007 University of Manchester Distinguished Achievement Medal - Faculty of Life Sciences, Researcher of the Year 2004 EC Access to Research Infrastructures Award 2003 Royal Society USA Research Fellowship 2003 National Science Foundation Fellowship in Interdisciplinary Informatics 1997 National Science Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowship
