William Anthony Harris (born November 26, 1950) is a Canadian-born neuroscientist, Professor of Anatomy at Cambridge University, and fellow of Clare College, Cambridge. He was head of the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience[1] since its formation in 2006 [2] until his retirement in 2018.
Bill Harris | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 26, 1950 |
| Spouse | Christine Holt |
| Awards | Fellow of the Royal Society (2007), Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (2007), Elected Member of EMBO (20120; Waddington Medal (2017) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | neuroscience |
| Institutions | University of California, San Diego Cambridge University |
| Thesis | Color Vision in Drosophila (1976) |
| Doctoral advisor | Seymour Benzer David Hubel, Torsten Wiesel (postdoc) |
| Website | www |
Awards and honours
editHe was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2007,[3] a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2007,[4] and a member of the European Molecular Biology Organisation in 2012.[5] In 2017, he was awarded the Waddington Medal[6] by the British Society for Developmental Biology[7] for his work on the development of the visual system.[8]
Bibliography
edit- Harris, W. A. (24 May 2022). Zero to Birth: How the Human Brain Is Built. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691211312.
References
edit- ^ http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk
- ^ "Harris, Prof. William Anthony, (Born 26 Nov. 1950), Professor of Anatomy, 1997–2018, now Emeritus, and Head, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, 2006–18, Cambridge University; Fellow, Clare College, Cambridge, since 1997".
- ^ Fellows of the Royal Society (accessed 22-04-2012)
- ^ "Fellows | the Academy of Medical Sciences".
- ^ "Members". Archived from the original on 9 May 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
- ^ "The Waddington Medal".
- ^ http://bsdb.org
- ^ "Bill Harris, winner of the BSDB Waddington Medal 2017". 13 April 2017.
External links
edit- http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/harris/
- http://www.neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/directory/profile.php?harris
- http://thenode.biologists.com/waddington2017/societies/
- https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691211312/zero-to-birth
 | This article about a British scientist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |