Ugo A. Perego
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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[1]. Perego is also a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[2]
He has received Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in health sciences from Brigham Young University and a PhD in genetics and biomolecular sciences from the University of Pavia under the mentorship of Antonio Torroni[3]. 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[4][5][6].
From 2000 to 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. From 2012 to 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.
Sources
[edit]- Article mentioning Perego's work on the genetic origins of Native Americans
- FairMormon Bio
- Deseret News, July 9, 2011
- Deseret News, August 8, 2008
- Genetic Genealogist article on Perego
- National Geographic article that quotes Perego on the genetic origins of Native Americans
- NPR article mentioning Perego
- Associated Press, March 13, 2008
- Full list of scientific publications on PubMed.org
Notes
[edit]- ↑ www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/authors/perego-ugo, accessed 2026-06-07.]
- ↑ Perego, Ugo A. mormonscholarstestify.org/906/ugo-a-perego, accessed 2026-06-07.
- ↑ www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/authors/perego-ugo, accessed 2026-06-07.
- ↑ Perego, Ugo. www.josephsmithdna.com, accessed 2026-06-07.
- ↑ www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/authors/perego-ugo, accessed 2026-07-06.]
- ↑ www.npr.org/2008/03/14/88228156/study-native-americans-can-trace-dna-to-6-women, accessed 2026-06-07.
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