Dr. Benedikt Hallgrimsson

Biography

Benedikt Hallgrimsson is an internationally recognized biological anthropologist and evolutionary biologist whose groundbreaking research combines developmental genetics, bioinformatics, 3D imaging, and morphometrics, the quantitative analysis of form. His studies on phenotypic variation help to understand the earliest building blocks of life and the development of people, animals, and organisms. He has been part of the University of Calgary family since 2000 and serves as a professor in the Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy. In addition to his primary role, he is an adjunct professor in the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, as well as the scientific director of Basic Science at the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute (ACHRI). Hallgrimsson has played a crucial role in developing the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and was the founding director of the Bachelor of Health Sciences program from 2001 to 2007. He has previously served as Associate Dean of Undergraduate Science Education and Senior Associate Dean of Education within the Cumming School of Medicine and as Deputy Provost at the University of Calgary. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1995 and has received numerous research and teaching awards, including being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2019.

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