Person
Visscher, Peter Martin
FAA FRS
- Born
- Netherlands
- Occupation
- Geneticist
Summary
Peter Visscher is a geneticist renowned internationally for his research in quantitative genetics. After ten years at the University of Edinburgh, he joined the Queensland Institute of Medical Research in 2005. In 2011 he was appointed Professor and Chair of Quantitative Genetics at the University of Queensland. Visscher was elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2010 and the Royal Society, London in 2018.
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Chronology
- 1991
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Edinburgh
- 2010 -
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
- 2011 -
- Career position - Professor of Quantitative Genetics, University of Queensland
- 2018 -
- Award - Fellow, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 2018 -
- Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS)
- 2018 -
- Award - ARC Laureate Fellow
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Published resources
Journal Articles
- Anon, 'Academy Fellows elected to Royal Society', Australian Academy of Science newsletter, 115/6 (2018), 12-4. Details
Resources
- 'Peter Visscher - Citation at year of election, 2010', Fellows of the Academy, Australian Academy of Science, 2019, https://www.science.org.au/profile/peter-visscher. Details
Helen Cohn
Created: 12 December 2022