Professor Emeritus, Department of Genetics, Stanford University
Education
MD in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Pavia, Italy (1944)
MA from the University of Cambridge, U.K. (1950)
Professional Experience
Assistant in Research, Dept of Genetics, Cambridge, U.K.(1948-1950)
Director of Research in Microbiology, Istituto Sieroterapico, Milan, Italy (1950-1957)
Professor of Genetics and Director of Istituto of Genetics, Pavia, Italy (1962-1970)
Professor of Genetics, Stanford University (1971-1992)
Chairman, Department of Genetics, Stanford University (1986-1990)
Professor Emeritus (active), Department of Genetics, Stanford University (1992-2008)
Professor of Genetics, Faculty of Philosophy, San Raffaele, Milan (2006-)
Specialties
Genetics, Anthropology, Human Evolution
Awards and Honors
President, Biometric Society (1967-68)
President, American Society of Human Genetics (1989)
Member of: National Academy of Sciences U.S.A.; American Academy of Arts and Sciences; The Royal Society, U.K.; Academy of Sciences, France; Society of Human Genetics, Japan; Academia dei Lincei
Honorary doctorates from: Cambridge, Columbia, Bologna, Roma, Sassari, etc.
Weldon Medal in Biometry, Oxford (1978)
San Remo International Award for Human Genetics (1986)
Allen Award in Human Genetics (1987)
Gold Medal of Italian National Research Council (1990)