Warren Ewens

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Warren Ewens
FAA
Born (1937-01-23) 23 January 1937 (age 87)
Canberra, Australia
EducationUniversity of Melbourne, Australian National University (Ph.D.)
Known forEwens's sampling formula
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsMathematical biology
Institutions
ThesisStochastic processes in population genetics (1963[1])
Doctoral advisorP. A. P. Moran

Warren John Ewens

FAA (born 23 January 1937 in Canberra) is an Australian-born mathematician who has been Professor of Biology at the University of Pennsylvania since 1997. (He also held that position 1972–1977.) He concentrates his research on the mathematical, statistical and theoretical aspects of population genetics. Ewens has worked in mathematical population genetics, computational biology, and evolutionary population genetics. He introduced Ewens's sampling formula
.

Ewens received a B.A. (1958) and M.A. (1960) in Mathematical Statistics from the

Trinity College,[2] and a Ph.D. from the Australian National University (1963) under P. A. P. Moran. He first joined the department of biology at the University of Pennsylvania in 1972, and in 2006 was named the Christopher H. Browne
Distinguished Professor of Biology. Positions held include:

  • 1967–1972 Foundation Chair and Professor of Mathematics at La Trobe University
  • 1972–1977 Professor of Biology at the University of Pennsylvania
  • 1978–1996 Chair and Professor of Mathematics at Monash University
  • 1997– Professor of Biology at the University of Pennsylvania

Prof. Ewens is a Fellow of the

Oxford University's Weldon Memorial Prize. His teaching and mentoring at the University of Pennsylvania have also been recognized by awards.[citation needed
]

Prof. Ewens also participates in the Genomics and Computational Biology (GCB) Ph.D. program of the

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
.

Since 2006, he has taught statistics at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School.

In 2022, Ewens was appointed

Officer of the Order of Australia in the 2022 Queen's Birthday Honours for "distinguished service to biology and data science, to research, and to tertiary education".[3]

Publications

Ewen has produced many publications; the following is a small selection:

See also

References

  1. ^ Warren Ewens at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  2. ^ "Salvete 1955", The Fleur-de-Lys, Nov. 1955, p. 14.
  3. ^ "Queen's Birthday 2022 Honours - the full list". Sydney Morning Herald. Nine Entertainment Co. 12 June 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.

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