Veronica van Heyningen

Veronica van Heyningen

CBE FRS FRSE FMedSci FRSB
Veronica van Heyningen; CBE FRS FRSE FMedSci FRSB
Born	Veronica Daniel; 12 November 1946; Békéscsaba, Hungary
Citizenship	United Kingdom (naturalised)
Alma mater	University Cambridge (BA, MA); Northwestern University (MS); University of Oxford (DPhil);
Spouse	Simon van Heyningen (m. 1968)
Awards	EMBO Member (2002)
	Scientific career
Fields	Human genetics; Developmental biology; Cis-regulatory control; Phenotype variability; PAX6;
Institutions	University of Edinburgh; MRC Human Genetics Unit; University College London; National Museums Scotland; The Genome Analysis Centre;
Thesis	Mitochondrial and other enzymes in somatic cell hybrids (1973)
Doctoral advisor	Walter Bodmer
Website	iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile?upi=VVANH41

Veronica van Heyningen CBE FRS FRSE FMedSci FRSB (née Daniel; born 12 November 1946, Békéscsaba, Hungary) is an English geneticist who specialises in the etiology of anophthalmia as an honorary professor at University College London (UCL). She previously served as head of medical genetics at the MRC Human Genetics Unit in Edinburgh and the president of The Genetics Society. In 2014 she became president of the Galton Institute. As of 2019 she chairs the diversity committee of the Royal Society, previously chaired by Uta Frith.

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