Richard A. Nichols

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Richard Nichols
Alma materUniversity College London
University of East Anglia (PhD)
Known forBalding–Nichols model
Scientific career
InstitutionsQueen Mary University of London
ThesisThe ecological genetics of a hybrid zone in an alpine grasshopper (Podisma pedestris) (1984)
Doctoral advisorGodfrey Hewitt[1]

Richard Alan Nichols FLS is Professor of Evolutionary Genetics at Queen Mary University of London.[2] He is known for the Balding–Nichols model.[3]

He graduated with a first-class degree in zoology from University College London in 1981 and completed his PhD at the University of East Anglia in 1984 under the supervision of Godfrey Hewitt.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Nichols Lab". Queen Mary University of London. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Professor Richard Nichols". Queen Mary University of London. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  3. ^ Balding, DJ; Nichols, RA (1995). "A method for quantifying differentiation between populations at multi-allelic loci and its implications for investigating identity and paternity". Genetica. 96 (1–2). Springer: 3–12. doi:10.1007/BF01441146. PMID 7607457. S2CID 30680826.