Paul Hebert
Evolution and Ecology
Developed a species ID system called 'DNA barcoding', which uses a small DNA fragment to discriminate species. |
- Birthdate
- May 6, 1947
- Birthplace
- Kingston, Ontario
- Residence
- Guelph, Ontario
- Family Members
- Spouse: Judith Ann Hebert
- Daughter: Brianne Cara Hebert
- Favorite Music
- Bob Marley - Three Little Birds; Neil Young - Harvest Moon
- Title
- Professor
- Office
- Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph
- Status
- Working
- Degrees
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- BSc. (Biology), Queen's University, Kingston, 1969
- PhD. (Genetics), University of Cambridge, England, 1972
- Awards
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- Canada Research Chair in Molecular Biodiversity, 2001
- Premier’s Research Excellence award, 2003
- Richards Education Prize (Federation of Ontario Naturalists), 2003
- Delivered prestigious invited lecture to the Board and members of the Philadelphia Academy of Sciences, 2006
- Keynote speaker at the Australian Genetics Society, 2007
- Mentor
Father Riotte - a priest, but part-time researcher at the Royal Ontario Museum and professional Lepidopterist (butterfly expert). Dr. Hebert spent the summers of his teenage years travelling Ontario and catching insects.
- Last Updated
- June 5, 2008
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