Irving I. Gottesman (b. Dec. 29, 1930, Cleveland, OH, United States) is a psychiatric geneticist who devoted most of his career to the study of the genetics of schizophrenia. The Web of Science lists over 200 articles in peer-reviewed journals that have been cited over 8000 times, with an h-index of 47.[1] Gottesman is currently professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota, where he received his Ph. D.
In 1990, Gottesman received the Dobzhansky Lifetime Achievement Award from the Behavior Genetics Association,[2] followed in 1997 by the Lifetime Achievement Award of the International Society for Psychiatric Genetics,[3] and in 2007 by the Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in the Science of Psychology from the American Psychological Foundation.[4]