David Reich
Geneticist at Harvard Medical School who reads ancient DNA to trace how human populations moved and mixed.
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- David Reich is an American geneticist who studies human migration and population history through ancient and present-day DNA.
- He is a professor in the Department of Genetics at Harvard Medical School, which he joined in 2003, an associate of the Broad Institute and an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
- His lab built the first facility dedicated to ancient human DNA in 2013.
- He wrote Who We Are and How We Got Here (2018).
Key facts
- Born
- 14 July 19741
- Harvard Medical School
- Professor of genetics; joined in 2003 (as of November 2026)1
- Also
- Associate of the Broad Institute; investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute1
- Education
- B.A., Harvard College; D.Phil. in zoology, St Catherine's College, Oxford, 19991
- Book
- Who We Are and How We Got Here (Oxford University Press, 2018)1
- Honours
- Nature's 10, 2015; Dan David Prize, 2017; NAS Award in Molecular Biology, Wiley Prize and Darwin–Wallace Medal, 2019; Massry Prize, 20211
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