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Peter Visscher
FRS FAA
Born
Peter Martin Visscher

Netherlands
NationalityAustralian
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh (PhD)
Known forQuantitative genetics
Scientific career
FieldsGenetics[1]
InstitutionsQueensland Institute of Medical Research
University of Queensland
ThesisEstimation of genetic parameters in dairy cattle using an animal model and implications for genetic improvement (1991)
Doctoral advisorBill Hill[2]
Websiteresearchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/1487

Peter Martin Visscher FRS FAA[3] is a Dutch-born Australian geneticist who is Professor and Chair of Quantitative Genetics at the University of Queensland. He is also a Professorial Research Fellow at the University of Queensland's Institute for Molecular Bioscience and an Affiliate Professor at their Queensland Brain Institute. He is known for his research aimed at investigating the genetic bases of complex human traits.[4][5][1] His research also focuses on studies in trait variation in populations. Visscher applied statistical analysis methods to quantify and dissect the contribution of DNA polymorphisms to variation.[6]

Honors and awards

Visscher is a Senior Principal Research Fellow of the National Health and Medical Research Council. He was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2010.[4] He was elected a fellow of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Royal Society in 2018.[7] Also in 2018, he received a Laureate Fellowship from the Australian Research Council.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b Peter Visscher publications indexed by Google Scholar Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Visscher, Peter Martin (1991). Estimation of genetic parameters in dairy cattle using an animal model and implications for genetic improvement. lib.ed.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of Edinburgh. hdl:1842/11505. OCLC 606115316. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.663290. Free access icon
  3. ^ "Peter Visscher - Royal Society". royalsociety.org.
  4. ^ a b "Professor Peter Visscher". UQ Researchers. Retrieved 2018-06-17.
  5. ^ "Professor Peter Visscher - UQ Researchers". researchers.uq.edu.au.
  6. ^ "Peter Visscher - Royal Society". royalsociety.org.
  7. ^ "UQ geneticist elected Fellow of The Royal Society". UQ News. 2018-05-15. Retrieved 2018-06-17.
  8. ^ "Fellows receive prestigious ARC Laureate Fellowships". Australian Academy of Science (Press release). 2018-08-03. Retrieved 2018-08-24.

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