About Nick Barton
Born 1955. Nick Barton is a British biologist and university teacher.
Education Barton was educated at Peterhouse, Cambridge where he graduated with a first-class degree in biological sciences in 1976 and gained his PhD supervised by Godfrey Hewitt at the University of East Anglia in 1979. an undergraduate textbook which integrates molecular biology, genomics, and human genetics with traditional evolutionary studies.
Awards and honours 2024 Elected International Member of the National Academy of Sciences 2013 Erwin Schrödinger Prize 2013 Mendel Medal, Leopoldina 2009 Darwin–Wallace Medal 2006 Darwin Medal 1998 President's Award (joint with Mark Kirkpatrick), American Society of Naturalists 1995 Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1994 Fellow of the Royal Society 1994 David Starr Jordan Prize (joint with S. Pacala) 1992 Scientific Medal, Zoological Society 1985 Bicentenary Medal of the Linnean Society
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British biologist
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Nick Barton was born on 30 August 1955.
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