Biography:Peter Visscher
Peter Visscher | |
|---|---|
 Visscher in 2018 | |
| Born | Peter Martin Visscher Netherlands |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh |
| Known for | Quantitative genetics |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Genetics[1] |
| Institutions | Queensland Institute of Medical Research University of Queensland University of Oxford |
| 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 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
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
Visscher is known for his research aimed at investigating the genetic bases of complex human traits.[1][3][4] 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.[5]
Honors and awards
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.[3] He was elected a foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences[6] and fellow of and the Royal Society in 2018.[7][8] Also in 2018, he received a Laureate Fellowship from the Australian Research Council.[9]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 {{Google Scholar id}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Professor Peter Visscher". https://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/1487.
- ↑ "Professor Peter Visscher - UQ Researchers". https://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/1487.
- ↑ "Peter Visscher - Royal Society". https://royalsociety.org/people/peter-visscher-13850//.
- ↑ "Peter Visscher". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. https://www.knaw.nl/en/members/foreign-members/15909.
- ↑ "Royal Academy selects 21 new members". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. 19 April 2018. https://www.knaw.nl/en/news/news/royal-academy-selects-21-new-members?set_language=en.
- ↑ "UQ geneticist elected Fellow of The Royal Society" (in en). 2018-05-15. https://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2018/05/uq-geneticist-elected-fellow-of-royal-society.
- ↑ "Fellows receive prestigious ARC Laureate Fellowships". Australian Academy of Science (Press release). 2018-08-03. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
 |  |
