Richard A. Nichols

For persons of a similar name, see Richard Nichols (disambiguation).
Richard Nichols
Alma materUniversity College London
University of East Anglia (PhD)
Known forBalding–Nichols model
Scientific career
InstitutionsQueen Mary University of London
ThesisThe ecological genetics of a hybrid zone in an alpine grasshopper (Podisma pedestris) (1984)
Doctoral advisorGodfrey Hewitt[1]

Richard Alan Nichols FLS is Professor of Evolutionary Genetics at Queen Mary University of London.[2] He is known for the Balding–Nichols model[3] and the Beaumont and Nichols method for detecting natural selection.[4]

He graduated with a first-class degree in zoology from University College London in 1981 and completed his PhD at the University of East Anglia in 1984 under the supervision of Godfrey Hewitt.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Nichols Lab". Queen Mary University of London. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Professor Richard Nichols". Queen Mary University of London. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  3. ^ Balding, DJ; Nichols, RA (1995). "A method for quantifying differentiation between populations at multi-allelic loci and its implications for investigating identity and paternity". Genetica. 96 (1–2). Springer: 3–12. doi:10.1007/BF01441146. PMID 7607457. S2CID 30680826.
  4. ^ "Evaluating loci for use in the genetic analysis of population structure". Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences. 263 (1377): 1619–1626. 22 December 1996. doi:10.1098/rspb.1996.0237.