Dorret Boomsma

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Dorret I. Boomsma (b. 1957) is a behavioral geneticist and Professor of Biological Psychology at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands. She received several major awards for her work, which concentrates on twins: in 1985 she received the Thompson Award from the Behavior Genetics Association for the best student presentation at the BGA Annual Meeting in State College, PA, USA.[1] In 2001 she received the Spinozapremie from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, NWO.[2]. She lives in Amsterdam, is married and has one daughter.


[edit] References

  1. ^ L.A. Baker, 2007. Foundations of Behavioral Genetics: Student Recipients of the Thompson Award. Behavior Genetics 37 (6):727-733.[1]
  2. ^ NWO/Spinoza prizes
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