Our people, Allan Wilson at Otago

Allan Wilson at Otago explores the health and histories of New Zealand populations using evolutionary genomics.

Steering Committee

Mr Gary Wilson, family representative.

The Steering Committee guides the research direction of Allan Wilson at Otago.

We are delighted to have Mr Gary Wilson, Allan's brother, as a Wilson family representative on our committee.

Biological Anthropology including human evolution and human history and adaptation in the Pacific region, focused on both ancient and modern populations.
Presentations and interviews with Professor Lisa Matisoo-Smith

Mathematical and statistical modelling; development of novel techniques and software for analysis of complex evolutionary signals.
Presentations and interviews with Professor David Bryant

Geneticist and evolutionary biology with broad interests in the application of genomics to explore evolutionary processes and consequences.
Presentations and interviews with Professor Neil Gemmell

Paleogenomics and development of ancient DNA tools for genetic analyses of ancient human remains.
Presentations and interviews with Associate Professor Michael Knapp

Genetic basis of metabolic disease in the modern Māori and Pacific populations.
Presentations and interviews with Professor Tony Merriman

Mathematical population genetics and epigenetics, field-oriented evolutionary studies including taxonomic work, and the history of genetics, especially eugenics.
Presentations and interviews with Professor Hamish Spencer

Professor Russell Gray Director, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena, Germany
Professor David Lambert Griffiths University, Australia
Associate Professor Craig Millar University of Auckland