Kaustubh Adhikari

Kaustubh Adhikari is a statistical geneticist at the Stern lab in University College London. He received training in theoretical and applied statistical techniques from the Indian Statistical Institute, and PhD in biostatistics at Harvard University. He joined the CANDELA project at UCL and studied the phenotypic and genetic diversity in Latin America to identify the genes behind our physical appearance traits. He is a leading expert in the field of statistical genetics and has published numerous papers on the topic. He is also a skilled programmer and has developed several software packages for statistical analysis. He is a popular speaker at conferences and has given several invited talks on his research. He is also a strong advocate for open science and has been involved in several initiatives to promote transparency and reproducibility in scientific research. He is a great communicator and has a passion for explaining complex scientific concepts to a broad audience.