Armand Marie Leroi

Armand Leroi
Born (1964-07-16) 16 July 1964
Wellington, New Zealand
Nationality
  • New Zealand
  • Dutch
Alma mater
Scientific career
FieldsEvolutionary biology
Institutions
ThesisThe origin and evolution of life history trade-offs (1993)
Doctoral advisorMichael R. Rose
Websitewww3.imperial.ac.uk/people/a.leroi

Armand Marie Leroi (born 16 July 1964) is a New Zealand-born Dutch author, broadcaster, and professor of evolutionary developmental biology at Imperial College in London. He received the Guardian First Book Award in 2004 for his book Mutants: On Genetic Variety and the Human Body. He has presented scientific documentaries on Channel 4 such as Extraterrestrial (2005) and What Makes Us Human (2006), and BBC Four such as What Darwin Didn't Know (2009), Aristotle's Lagoon (2010), and Secret Science of Pop (2012).