Simon Fisher

For other people named Simon Fisher, see Simon Fisher (disambiguation).

Simon Fisher
Fisher in 2010
Born
Simon E. Fisher

(1970-08-19) 19 August 1970 (age 54)[4]
Alma mater
AwardsCrick Lecture (2008)
Scientific career
Fields
ThesisPositional cloning of the gene responsible for dent's disease (1995)
Doctoral advisorIan W. Craig[2]
Other academic advisorsAnthony Monaco
Doctoral studentsSonja Vernes[3]
Websitewww.mpi.nl/people/fisher-simon

Simon E. Fisher (born 1970) is a British geneticist and neuroscientist who has pioneered research into the genetic basis of human speech and language.[1][5][6] He is a director of the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics and Professor of language and genetics at the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour in Nijmegen, The Netherlands.[4][7]

  1. ^ a b Simon Fisher publications indexed by Google Scholar Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference dphil was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Vernes, Sonja (2007). Investigation of the role of FOXP transcription factors in neurodevelopment. ox.ac.uk (DPhil thesis). University of Oxford. OCLC 317354555. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.497468.
  4. ^ a b "Dr. Simon E. Fisher". mpg.de. Nijmegen, Netherlands: Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics. Archived from the original on 3 January 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
  5. ^ Simon Fisher publications from Europe PubMed Central
  6. ^ Zimmer, Carl (17 October 2011). "The Language Fossils Buried in Every Cell of Your Body | Human Evolution". discovermagazine.com. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
  7. ^ "Brief Biography — Simon E. Fisher — Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics". Mpi.nl. 28 September 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2012.