Marcus W. Feldman

Who is Marcus W. Feldman?

Marcus W. Feldman is a professor of biological sciences at Stanford

University. He uses applied mathematics and computer modeling to

simulate and analyze the process of evolution. Specific areas of

research include the evolution of complex genetic systems that can

undergo both natural selection and recombination and the evolution of

learning as one interface between modern methods in artificial

intelligence and models of biological processes, including

communication. He also studies the evolution of modern humans using

models for the dynamics of molecular polymorphisms, especially DNA

variants. He is one of the originators of the quantitative theory of

cultural evolution, which he applies to issues in human behavior. Dr.

Feldman has a large research program on demographic issues related to

the sex ratio in China. He is managing editor of Theoretical Population

Biology and associate editor of Genetics, Human Genetics, Annals of

Human Genomics, Annals of Human Biology, and Complexity.

Dr. Feldman is a member of the American Society of Naturalists,

former editor of The American Naturalist, a member of the American

Society of Human Genetics, and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts

and Sciences and of the California Academy of Science. His work

received the "Paper of the Year 2003" award in all of biomedical

science from The Lancet. He has been awarded an honorary doctorate of

philosophy by the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and is an Honorary

Professor at Bejing Normal University and Xi'an Jiaotong University. He

is the author of more than 390 scientific papers and six books on

evolution, ecology, demography, and mathematical biology. He received

his B.Sc. in 1964 from the University of Western Australia, his M.S. in

1966 from Monash University, Australia, and his Ph.D. from Stanford in

1969.