Marcus Feldman
Marcus William Feldman (born November 14, 1942 in Perth ) is an Australian - American mathematical population biologist and evolutionary biologist .
Feldman grew up in Perth , Australia , and Kalgoorlie . He studied mathematics and statistics at the University of Western Australia with a bachelor's degree in 1964 and at Monash University with a master's degree in 1966. In 1969 he received his doctorate at Stanford University with Samuel Karlin . He then was an Acting Assistant Professor there before returning to Australia as a lecturer at La Trobe University . In 1971 he became an assistant professor at Stanford.
Together with Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza in the 1970s in Stanford, he is considered to be the founder of the research area of genetic-cultural coevolution of humans. He himself investigated this particularly in China.
Feldman is a member of the National Academy of Sciences , the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , the American Philosophical Society, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science . He is honorary doctor of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and the University of Tel Aviv . In 2011 he received the Dan David Prize . In 1976/77 he was a Guggenheim Fellow.
Marcus Feldman is the founding editor of Theoretical Population Biology.
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| SURNAME | Feldman, Marcus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Feldman, Marcus William |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian-American population biologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 14, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Perth |