I am a Professor in the Departments of Genetics and Biology at
Stanford University. My group uses statistical and computational methods to
study questions in genomics and evolutionary biology. Please follow
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Born Essex, England 1971. Moved to Pennsylvania 1986. Childhood
interest in natural history: insects, reptiles, birds. 1989-1994 Penn State
undergraduate in biology and math; became interested in population
genetics. high school/Penn State/postcollegiate: 1500m, 5000m, xc.
1994-1998 Stanford PhD in biology with Marc Feldman: theoretical
popgen, microsats, population structure. 1998-2001 Oxford Stats
postdoc with Peter Donnelly, more on structure, also rare variants,
LD. 2001-2013 faculty job University of Chicago; popgen, statgen,
genomics. 2013 moved to Stanford. Personal: wife Lianne Kurina,
kids Simon, Lucy; enjoy running, wildlife, backpacking; track fan.
