Marcus Feldman

Marcus Feldman
Marcus Feldman
Born	Marcus William Feldman; 14 November 1942; Perth, Australia
Nationality	Australian
Citizenship	American (naturalised 1994)
Alma mater	Monash University (MSc); Stanford University (PhD);
Awards	Member of the National Academy of Sciences
	Scientific career
Fields	Mathematics; Evolutionary biology; Population genetics;
Institutions	La Trobe University; Stanford University;
Thesis	Some Topics in Theoretical Population Genetics (1969)
Doctoral advisor	Samuel Karlin; Walter Bodmer;
Doctoral students	Lee Altenberg; Carl Bergstrom; Andy Clark; Lauren Meyers; Magnus Nordborg; Sarah Otto; Jonathan K. Pritchard; David B. Goldstein; Noah Rosenberg;
Website	www-evo.stanford.edu; med.stanford.edu/profiles/Marcus_Feldman;

Marcus William Feldman (born 14 November 1942) is the Burnet C. and Mildred Finley Wohlford Professor of Biological Sciences, director of the Morrison Institute for Population and Resource Studies, and co-director of the Center for Computational, Evolutionary and Human Genomics (CEHG) at Stanford University. He is an Australian-born mathematician turned American theoretical biologist, best known for his mathematical evolutionary theory and computational studies in evolutionary biology, and for originating with L. L. Cavalli-Sforza the theory of cultural evolution.

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