David Reich (geneticist)

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David Emil Reich (born July 14, 1974) is an American geneticist known for his work on the phylogenetics and migration history of humans through statistical analysis of contemporary populations and ancient DNA, and is considered a founding figure in the fields of population genomics and paleogenetics. In particular, he has focused on the genetic history of Europe, and on archaic admixture between modern humans, neanderthals, and denisovans. He is a professor in the Department of Genetics at Harvard Medical School, an associate of the Broad Institute, and an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Reich was highlighted as one of Nature's 10 for his contributions to science in 2015. He received the Dan David Prize in 2017, the NAS Award in Molecular Biology, the Wiley Prize, and the Darwin–Wallace Medal in 2019, and the Massry Prize in 2021.

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