In commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the Kimura Motoo Foundation, we have created the Kimura Motoo Award. The executive committee has selected the most outstanding scientist, as a recipient, from each of four research fields of evolutionary biology; population genetics, molecular phylogeny, molecular evolution and evolutionary genomics, and human evolution. After careful screening and intense discussion, the committee finally has chosen the following four recipients.
-Molecular Evolution and Evolutionary Genomics-
Dr. Giorgio Bernardi
Visiting Professor, Roma Tre University, Italy
- Population Genetics-
Dr. Montgomery Slatkin
Professor, Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, USA
-Human Evolution-
Dr. Marcus W. Feldman
Burnet C. and Mildred Finley Wohlford Professor of Biology
Department of Biology, Stanford University, USA
-Molecular Phylogeny-
Dr. Desmond Higgins
Professor of Bioinformatics, School of Medicine & Medical Science,
UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, Ireland