Simon Fisher
Simon Fisher | |
|---|---|
Fisher in 2010 | |
| Born | Simon E. Fisher 19 August 1970 |
| Alma mater |
|
| Awards | Crick Lecture (2008) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | |
| Thesis | Positional cloning of the gene responsible for dent's disease (1995) |
| Doctoral advisor | Ian W. Craig |
| Other academic advisors | Anthony Monaco |
| Doctoral students | Sonja Vernes |
| Website | www |
Simon E. Fisher (born 1970) is a British geneticist and neuroscientist who has pioneered research into the genetic basis of human speech and language. He is a director of the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics and Professor of language and genetics at the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour in Nijmegen, The Netherlands.