October 2025: New Edmond J. Safra member: Dr. Regev Schweiger

Dr. Regev Schweiger is a faculty member in the Department of Human Genetics and Computational Medicine at the Gray Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, and has a secondary affiliation in the Blavatnik School of Computer Science and AI,  and is joining the Edmond J. Safra Center as a member.

Dr. Schweiger earned his PhD in Computer Science at Tel Aviv University, under the supervision of Prof. Eran Halperin and completed his postdoctoral research in the Department of Genetics at the University of Cambridge, UK, under the supervision of Prof. Richard Durbin. He was supported by the EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowship.

Dr. Regev’s research interests are in computational and population genetics, aiming to uncover the processes that shape genetic variation, from deep evolutionary history to molecular mechanisms. To this end, the Schweiger Lab will develop theory and algorithms that merge classical population-genetic models with modern machine learning, and will analyze data from cutting-edge sequencing technologies. By integrating theory, algorithm development, and large-scale genomic data, the lab aims to decode genetic variation to reconstruct the biological and evolutionary processes that generate it, from molecular mechanisms of recombination to patterns of diversity across individuals and species, advancing our understanding of evolution, human history, and health.

Dr. Regev Schweiger is the thirtieth alumnus fellow of the Edmond J. Safra Center who receives a tenure-track position in the academia.