The DNA Show with Dr. Miguel Vilar

Hosts- Sanakori and Inaruboria will welcome Dr. Miguel Vilar to Taino Radio to discuss his DNA research at the Naguake Indigenous Community in Boriken. Additionally, Dr. Vilar will discuss recent research on ancient Indigenous Caribbean DNA and how it relates to modern Indigenous peoples in the Caribbean 

Dr. Miguel Vilar is a Senior Program Officer for the National Geographic Society (NGS) and Lead Scientist for NGS’ Genographic Project, a multi-year anthropology study that aims to map human migration patterns by collecting and analyzing DNA samples from hundreds of thousands of people from around the world. By training, Miguel is a molecular anthropologist and science writer.

Vilar earned his Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from Haverford College and Master of Arts in Journalism from Columbia University.  After a few years of science writing for Popular Science, Science World, and the Smithsonian’s National Zoological Park, he returned to school to earn his Master of Science in Biomedical Anthropology, Master of Arts in Anthropology, and Doctorate in Anthropology from Binghamton University, in 2006, 2007 and 2010, respectively.  After earning his doctorate, Vilar completed a three-year Post-Doc at the University of Pennsylvania, leading several field projects across Latin America for the Genographic Project's North America Research Center.