Nationality British Fields Evolutionary biology | Spouse Deborah Charlesworth Name Brian Charlesworth Awards Darwin–Wallace Medal | |
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Born Brian Charlesworth
29 April 1945 (age 78) ( 1945-04-29 ) Institutions University of Edinburgh
University of Chicago
University of Liverpool
University of Sussex Alma mater University of Cambridge (BA, PhD) Thesis Genetic variation in viability in drosophila melanogaster Doctoral students Doris Bachtrog
Isabel Gordo
Mark Jensen
Soojin Yi Other notable students Gilean McVean (postdoc)
Peter Andolfatto (postdoc)
Asher Cutter (postdoc) Books Elements of Evolution, Evolution in age‑struct, Evolution Similar People Deborah Charlesworth, Gilean McVean, Laurence Hurst | ||
Education University of Cambridge | ||
Brian charlesworth dna sequence variability and the coalescent
Professor Brian Charlesworth FRS FRSE (born 29 April 1945) is a British evolutionary biologist at the University of Edinburgh, and editor of Biology Letters. Since 1997, he has been Royal Society Research Professor at the Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IEB) in Edinburgh.
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- Brian charlesworth dna sequence variability and the coalescent
- Brian charlesworth linkage and selection
- Education
- Career
- Research
- Awards and honours
- Personal life
- References
Brian charlesworth linkage and selection
Education
Charlesworth gained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Natural Sciences from Queens' College, Cambridge, followed by a PhD in genetics in 1969 for research into genetic variation in viability in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster.
Career
Following his PhD, Charlesworth did postdoctoral research at the University of Chicago, University of Liverpool 1971–1974 and the University of Sussex under John Maynard Smith 1974–82. He returned to Chicago, to be professor of ecology and evolution from 1985 to 1997 after which he moved to Edinburgh.
Research
Charlesworth has worked extensively on understanding sequence evolution, using the fruit fly as a model species, and has also contributed theoretical work on aging, the evolution of recombination and the evolution of sex chromosomes.
In April 2010, the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B was dedicated to honour Brian's contribution to the field of population genetics.
Awards and honours
Charlesworth was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 1991, and won its Darwin Medal in 2000. He won the 2006 Frink Medal, of the Zoological Society of London and in 2010 was awarded the Darwin-Wallace Medal of the Linnean Society. His nomination for the Royal Society reads:
In 2015, the Genetics Society of America awarded Charlesworth its Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal. This award is give to recognize "lifetime achievement in the field of genetics. It recognizes the full body of work of an exceptional geneticist," according to the Thomas Hunt Morgan Medal webpage.
Personal life
Charlesworth is married to Deborah Charlesworth (née Maltby) in 1967, and has one daughter.