Steve Jones Scientist

John Stephen Jones FRS (born 24 March 1944) is a Welsh geneticist and from 1995 to 1999 and 2008 to June 2010 was Head of the Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment at University College London. His studies are conducted in the Galton Laboratory. He is also a television presenter and a prize-winning author on the subject of biology, especially evolution. He is one of the contemporary popular writers on evolution. In 1996 his writing won him the Royal Society Michael Faraday Prize "for his numerous, wide ranging contributions to the public understanding of science in areas such as human evolution and variation, race, sex, inherited disease and genetic manipulation through his many broadcasts on radio and television, his lectures, popular science books, and his regular science column in The Daily Telegraph and contributions to other newspaper media".

Personal facts

Steve Jones
Birth dateMarch 24, 1944
Birth place
Aberystwyth
Nationality
Welsh people
Residence
London Borough of Camden
Education
University of Edinburgh
Spouse
Norma Percy
Known for
Public awareness of science

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awards
Royal Society
Secularist of the Year
Field of study
Genetics
Malacology
influenced by
Bryan Clarke

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