- Warren Ewens
Warren Ewens, FRS, is an Australian-born professor of
biology at theUniversity of Pennsylvania . He concentrates his research on the mathematical, statistical and theoretical aspects ofpopulation genetics . Ewens has worked in humanpopulation genetics , computational biology, and evolutionary population genetics. He introducedEwens's sampling formula .Ewens received a B.A. from the
University of Melbourne , and a Ph.D. from theAustralian National University in 1962. He joined the department of biology at the University of Pennsylvania in 1972 and in 2006 was named the Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Biology.Dr. Ewens is a member of the
Royal Society and theAustralian Academy of Science . He is also the recipient of the Australian Statistical Society Pitman Medal andOxford University 'sWeldon Memorial Prize . His teaching and mentoring at the University of Pennsylvania have also been recognized by awards.Dr. Ewens also participates in the renowned Genomics and Computational Biology (GCB) Ph.D. program of the
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine .Further reading
*cite journal|author=Ewens W.J. |year=1972 | title=The sampling theory of selectively neutral alleles | journal=Theoretical Population Biology | volume=3 | pages=87–112 | doi=10.1016/0040-5809(72)90035-4
*cite book|author=Ewens W.J. |year=2004 |title=Mathematical Population Genetics (2nd Edition) |publisher=Springer-Verlag, New York |id=ISBN 0-387-20191-2External links
* [http://www.bio.upenn.edu/faculty/ewens/ Ewens' page at the University of Pennsylvania]
* [http://www.upenn.edu/almanac/v50/n11/ewens.html Warren Ewens named Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Biology]
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