Meike Bartels | |
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| Born | 1973 (age 50–51) |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Education | VU University Amsterdam Virginia Institute of Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics |
| Known for | Research on genetics of well-being |
| Awards | Fuller & Scott Award from the Behavior Genetics Association (2008) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Behavior genetics Psychology |
| Institutions | VU University Amsterdam |
| Thesis | Behavior problems, cognition, and hormones: A longitudinal-genetic study in childhood (2003) |
| Doctoral advisor | Dorret Boomsma |
Meike Bartels (born 1973) is a Dutch psychologist and behavior geneticist known for her research on the genetics of happiness and subjective well-being. She is professor in "Behavior and Quantitative Genetics" at the Department of Biological Psychology at VU University Amsterdam and affiliated with the Amsterdam Public Health Institute. She also holds a University Research Chair in Genetics and Wellbeing at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.[1][2] In 2008, she received the Fuller & Scott Award from the Behavior Genetics Association.[3] She is one of the principal investigators on the study finding genetic variants related to well-being [4]