Steve Jones (biologist)

Steve Jones
Steve Jones in 2012
Born
John Stephen Jones

(1944-03-24) 24 March 1944 (age 80)
NationalityBritish
EducationWirral Grammar School for Boys
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh (BSc, PhD)
Known forBooks, journalism and broadcasting
Spouse
(m. 2004)
[2]
AwardsMichael Faraday Prize (1996)
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
ThesisStudies on the ecological genetics of Cepaea (1972)
Doctoral advisorBryan Clarke[1]
Websiteiris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile?upi=JSJON91

John Stephen Jones DSc FLSW FRS[3] (born 24 March 1944)[2] is a British geneticist and, from 1995 to 1999 as well as from 2008 to June 2010, was Head of the Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment at University College London.[4][5] His studies are conducted in the Galton Laboratory.

He is also a television presenter and a prize-winning author on the subject of biology, especially evolution. He is a popular contemporary writer on evolution. In 1996 his work won him the Michael Faraday Prize "for his numerous, wide ranging contributions to the public understanding of science in areas such as human evolution and variation, race, sex, inherited disease and genetic manipulation through his many broadcasts on radio and television, his lectures, popular science books, and his once-regular science column in The Daily Telegraph and contributions to other newspaper media".

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  3. ^ "Professor Steve Jones FRS | Royal Society". Archived from the original on 22 April 2012.
  4. ^ "Academic Staff at UCL Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment". University College London. 15 September 2009.
  5. ^ UCL GEE News GEE marks the transfer of headship