Daniel L. Hartl, PhD - Harvard University

Daniel L. Hartl is Higgins Professor of Biology in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University.  He has authored or coauthored more than 300 scientific articles and 20 books in genetics, genomics, molecular evolution, and population genetics.  He has served as president of the Genetics Society of America and the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution. He has also served as Chairman of his department at Harvard. He is was elected to the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He received his PhD from the University of Wisconsin.  His research interests include evolutionary genomics, molecular evolution and population genetics.