Peter Donnelly
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Professor Peter Donnelly is an Australian mathematician who was head of the Department of Statistics at Oxford University from 1996 to 2001 and currently heads Oxford's Mathematical Genetics Group. He was educated at the University of Queensland and took his doctorate at Balliol College, Oxford. He is a specialist in applied probability. He is noted for his collaborative work with biologists. One area in which he has a leading reputation is in the interpretation of DNA evidence. He has acted as an expert witness on forensic science in criminal trials.
His current research centres on developing and applying statistical methods for understanding complex genetic traits. He has been heavily involved in a number of large scale projects, such as the International HapMap Project and the Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium.
He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2006.
See also R v Adams
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