Ugo A. Perego

Ugo A. Perego is a population geneticist whose main focuses of study have been the origins of Native Americans and the DNA of Joseph Smith, among others. Perego is also a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[1]

He has received a BSc and MSc in health sciences from Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah) and a PhD in genetics and biomolecular sciences from the University of Pavia (Pavia, Italy) under the mentorship of Antonio Torroni. Perego has lectured extensively internationally, authoring and co-authoring numerous articles on the use of DNA to research ancient population migrations, genealogies, and history, including Mormon history (Complete list of publications).

For twelve years (2000-2012), Perego was a senior researcher at the Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation (SMGF) and a scientific consultant for GeneTree, both located in Salt Lake City, Utah. For nearly ten years (2012-2021), he was the director of the Rome Italy Institute of Religion and an S&I Coordinator in Central Italy and Malta for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He is currently a Professor of Biology for the Southeastern Community College in Iowa and a visiting scientist at Professor Alessandro Achilli’s Laboratory of Population Genetics at the University of Pavia in Italy.

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  1. ^ Mormon Scholars Testify
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