Tom Bourguignon

I am an ecologist and evolutionary biologist with a special interest in insects and their microbes. I was born and grew up in Belgium, obtained my Ph.D. in 2010 from the Free University of Brussels (ULB), and successively moved to the Hokkaido University, the National University of Singapore, and the University of Sydney before joining OIST in 2017. My work makes extensive use of next-generation sequencing technologies to investigate the ecology and evolution of termites, cockroaches, and their microbes.

Experience
2015-2017
The University of Sydney, Australia, 2015-2017
2012-2015
National University of Singapore, Singapore
2010-2012
Hokkaido University, Japan
Awards
2023-2024
JSPS Grant-in-aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory) (main PI)
2023-2027
JSPS Grant-in-aid for Challenging Research (Pioneering) (co-PI)
2022-2026
JSPS Grant-in-aid for Scientific Research (B) (Kakenhi) (co-PI)
2021-2023
JSPS Grant-in-aid for Scientific Research (B) (Kakenhi) (main PI)
2018-2020
JSPS Grant-in-aid for early-career scientist (Kakenhi) (main PI)
Tom Bourguignon
Tom Bourguignon
Associate Professor
PhD Biological Sciences (Free University of Brussels, 2010)
Master of Advanced Studies in Sciences (Free University of Brussels, 2006)
Master in Biological Sciences (Free University of Brussels, 2005)

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Evolutionary Genomics Unit
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