Spencer Wells | |
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Born | Rush Spencer Wells IV April 6, 1969 |
Alma mater | University of Texas at Austin Harvard University |
Awards | Kistler Prize (2007) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Genetics (biologist) |
Spencer Wells[1] (born April 6, 1969) is an American geneticist, anthropologist, author and entrepreneur. He co-hosts The Insight podcast with Razib Khan. Wells led The Genographic Project from 2005 to 2015, as an Explorer-in-Residence at the National Geographic Society, and is the founder and executive director of personal genomics nonprofit The Insitome Institute.