Simon Fisher

Simon Fisher
Fisher in 2010
Born
Simon E. Fisher

(1970-08-19) 19 August 1970
Alma mater
AwardsCrick Lecture (2008)
Scientific career
Fields
ThesisPositional cloning of the gene responsible for dent's disease (1995)
Doctoral advisorIan W. Craig
Other academic advisorsAnthony Monaco
Doctoral studentsSonja Vernes
Websitewww.mpi.nl/people/fisher-simon

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.