Ziheng Yang
Encyclopedia
Ziheng Yang FRS is a Chinese biologist
, and R A Fisher Chair of Statistical Genetics, at University College London
, and Professor since 2001. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2006.
He was awarded the 2011 Frink Medal
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with a BSc in 1984, and from Beijing Agricultural University with a Msc in 1987, and PhD in 1992.
He was co-organizer of the 2008 "Statistical and computational challenges in molecular phylogenetics and evolution" conference at the Royal Society
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Biologist
A biologist is a scientist devoted to and producing results in biology through the study of life. Typically biologists study organisms and their relationship to their environment. Biologists involved in basic research attempt to discover underlying mechanisms that govern how organisms work...
, and R A Fisher Chair of Statistical Genetics, at University College London
University College London
University College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and the oldest and largest constituent college of the federal University of London...
, and Professor since 2001. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2006.
He was awarded the 2011 Frink Medal
Frink Medal
The Frink Medal for British Zoologists is awarded by the Zoological Society of London "For significant and original contributions by a professional zoologist to the development of zoology in the wider applications."- Recipients :...
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Life
He graduated from Gansu Agricultural UniversityGansu Agricultural University
Gansu Agricultural University is a university located in Lanzhou, Gansu province, People's Republic of China.Many of the University graduates are associated with Yasheng Group.-External links:*...
with a BSc in 1984, and from Beijing Agricultural University with a Msc in 1987, and PhD in 1992.
He was co-organizer of the 2008 "Statistical and computational challenges in molecular phylogenetics and evolution" conference at the Royal Society
Royal Society
The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, known simply as the Royal Society, is a learned society for science, and is possibly the oldest such society in existence. Founded in November 1660, it was granted a Royal Charter by King Charles II as the "Royal Society of London"...
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External links
- Professor Ziheng Yang's page at UCL
- Computational Molecular Evolution, Oxford University Press
- "Calibrating the molecular clock to date species divergences", Darwin China 200 Conference