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.
Peter Visscher | |
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 Visscher in 2018 | |
| Born | Peter Martin Visscher |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Education
editVisscher 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
editVisscher 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
editVisscher 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
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.
- ^ 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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