Peter Visscher
Peter Visscher | |
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![]() Peter Visscher at the Royal Society admissions day in London, July 2018 | |
Born | Peter Martin Visscher |
Nationality | Australian |
Alma mater | University of Edinburgh (PhD) |
Known for | Quantitative genetics |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Genetics[1] |
Institutions | Queensland Institute of Medical Research University of Queensland |
Thesis | Estimation of genetic parameters in dairy cattle using an animal model and implications for genetic improvement (1991) |
Doctoral advisor | Bill Hill[2] |
Website | researchers |
Peter Martin Visscher FRS FAA[3] is a Dutch-born Australian geneticist who is professor and chair of Quantitative Genetics at the University of Queensland. He is also a professorial research fellow at the University of Queensland's Institute for Molecular Bioscience and an affiliate professor at their Queensland Brain Institute.
Education
[edit]Visscher was educated at the University of Edinburgh, where he was awarded a PhD in 1991 for research supervised by Bill Hill.[2]
Career and research
[edit]Visscher is known for his research aimed at investigating the genetic bases of complex human traits.[1][4][5] His research also focuses on studies in trait variation in populations. Visscher applied statistical analysis methods to quantify and dissect the contribution of DNA polymorphisms to variation.[6]
Honors and awards
[edit]Visscher is a senior principal research fellow of the National Health and Medical Research Council. He was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2010.[4] He was elected a foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences[7] and fellow of and the Royal Society in 2018.[8][9] Also in 2018, he received a Laureate Fellowship from the Australian Research Council.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Peter Visscher publications indexed by Google Scholar
- ^ a b Visscher, Peter Martin (1991). Estimation of genetic parameters in dairy cattle using an animal model and implications for genetic improvement. lib.ed.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of Edinburgh. hdl:1842/11505. OCLC 606115316. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.663290.
- ^ "Peter Visscher - Royal Society". royalsociety.org.
- ^ a b "Professor Peter Visscher". UQ Researchers. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
- ^ "Professor Peter Visscher - UQ Researchers". researchers.uq.edu.au.
- ^ "Peter Visscher - Royal Society". royalsociety.org.
- ^ "Peter Visscher". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 11 April 2020.
- ^ "Royal Academy selects 21 new members". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. 19 April 2018. Archived from the original on 21 March 2020.
- ^ "UQ geneticist elected Fellow of The Royal Society". UQ News. 15 May 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
- ^ "Fellows receive prestigious ARC Laureate Fellowships". Australian Academy of Science (Press release). 3 August 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
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