David Hillis

Professor, Academic

1958 –

60

Who is David Hillis?

David Mark Hillis is an American evolutionary biologist, and the Alfred W. Roark Centennial Professor of Biology at the University of Texas at Austin. He is best known for his studies of molecular evolution, phylogeny, and vertebrate systematics. He created the popular Hillis Plot depiction of the evolutionary tree of life.

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Born
Dec 21, 1958
Copenhagen
Also known as
  • David Mark Hillis
Parents
Siblings
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Doctorate, University of Kansas
  • Baylor University
Employment
  • University of Texas at Austin
Lived in
  • Austin
  • Towson
  • Covington

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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