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John Novembre is a Professor in the Department of Human Genetics and the Department of Ecology & Evolution at the University of Chicago. He completed his BA at Colorado College in 2000 and earned his PhD from the University of California-Berkeley in 2006. His research focuses on population genetic methods, including the study of genetic diversity in natural populations and the genetic basis of evolutionary processes. He has developed and applied computational tools for analyzing large-scale genomic data, with interests in heredity and population structure, particularly concerning human evolutionary history. His approach integrates theoretical population genetics, statistical genetics, and computational statistics. He is a proponent of interdisciplinary training for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, emphasizing quantitative reasoning and computation to prepare them for contemporary research challenges in human genetics and evolutionary biology.
University of Chicago • Chicago, IL
Teaching and conducting research in population genetics and evolutionary biology.
Department of Philosophy