Himla Soodyall

Himla (Himladevi) Soodyall (b Durban, 1963 ) masanin ilimin halittar dan Adam ne na Afirka ta Kudu wanda ke da hannu wajen gano wasu tsoffin layin kwayoyin halittar dan adam, galibi yana mai da hankali kan yankin kudu da hamadar Sahara. Ayyukanta akan DNA sun nuna kudancin Afirka a matsayin yanki mafi kusantar asalin nau'in ɗan adam.

Karatu

An haifi Soodyall ne a Durban kuma ya yi karatu a Gandhi-Desai High School kafin ya sami BSc da BScHons a Jami'ar Durban-Westville da MSc a fannin ilimin halittu daga Jami'ar Witwatersrand. PhD ta, akan yawan ɗan adam da ilimin halittar ɗan adam, an samu a cikin 1993 ƙarƙashin kulawar Trefor Jenkins

Sana`a

Soodyall ya shafe shekaru 4 akan Fogarty International Fellowship (daga Cibiyoyin Kiwon Lafiya na Kasa a Amurka) a Jami'ar Jihar Pennsylvania yana yin bincike na postdoctoral tare da Mark Stoneking . A cikin 1996 ta koma Afirka ta Kudu don kafa nata dakin gwaje-gwaje a Cibiyar Nazarin Kiwon Lafiya ta Afirka ta Kudu (yanzu Cibiyar Nazarin Lafiya ta Kasa ). Anan ta gudanar da binciken yawan jama'a da juyin halitta.

A cikin 2001 an nada ta darekta na Sashin Binciken Diversity da Cututtuka na Dan Adam a WITS. An kuma gayyace ta don shiga cikin aikin Genographic a matsayin babban mai bincike na yankin kudu da hamadar sahara.