Profile
Fabio Morgante
Genetics and Biochemistry
Assistant Professor
864-889-0526
Self Regional Hall (Greenwood Genetic Center) 151 [Office]
Educational Background
Ph.D., Genetics, North Carolina State University, 2018
MR., Statistics, North Carolina State University, 2017
M.Sc., Animal Breeding and Genetics, University of Edinburgh (UK), 2013
B.S., Agricultural Sciences, University of Florence (IT), 2009
Profile/About Me
Dr. Morgante started his academic career at the University of Florence (Italy), where he earned a BS and an MS in Agricultural Sciences with a special focus on animal science. He attended the University of Edinburgh (Scotland) and obtained an MSc in Animal Breeding and Genetics. Morgante earned an MR in Statistics and a PhD in Genetics from North Carolina State University (US), where he worked on complex trait prediction problems advised by Dr. Trudy Mackay. During this period, he also spent a total of 5 months at Aarhus University (Denmark) to work with Drs. Peter Sørensen and Daniel Sorensen. He then performed postdoctoral research in statistical genetics in the labs of Drs. Matthew Stephens and Yang Li at the University of Chicago (US). Morgante joined the Department of Genetics and Biochemistry at Clemson University (US) as an Assistant Professor in Fall 2020 and was promoted to Associate Professor in Fall 2026. He is a member of the Institute for Human Genetics and the Biomedical Data Science and Informatics program.
Research Interests
Morgante’s research interests lie in quantitative and statistical genetics. In particular, his research focuses not only on understanding the genetic architecture of complex traits and diseases in humans and model species, but also on using this information to improve phenotypic prediction accuracy for such traits. To achieve this goal, his group works at the intersection of genetics, data science, and statistics, often developing new analytical strategies and statistical methods.
Courses Taught
GEN 8500 -- Quantitative Genetics
Selected Publications
See https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=l8mZVdAAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate.
