Dr. Licia Colli is Associate Professor in animal Breeding at the Department of Animal Science, Food and Nutrition at the Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Science of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, in Piacenza, Italy. She has been involved in several national and international research projects focusing on the use of genomics and epigenomics in livestock, aquaculture species and wildlife. Dr. Licia Colli is a member of the ISAG-FAO Advisory group on Animal Genetic Diversity and of the executive committee of the BioDNA Biodiversity and Ancient DNA Research Center of UCSC as supervisor of the ancient DNA Laboratory. Dr. Licia Colli’s research activity is mainly dedicated to: 1) genomic and epigenomic applications in animal breeding, aquaculture, livestock biodiversity, conservation and adaptation to diseases and extreme environmental conditions; 2) the reconstruction of livestock post-domestication history; 3) the analysis of mitochondrial and nuclear genomes to characterise and conserve wildlife biodiversity. She has large experience in the production and analysis of genomic data on both modern and ancient DNA. Having been involved in several research projects (as deputy PI, and/or RU coordinator or collaborator), she has strong connections with the Italian and international scientific community of the livestock sector.