Andrew G. Clark - Honorary doctorate Aarhus University 2018
Channel: Aarhus Universitet
Date: 2018-09-21

Professor Andrew G. Clark from Cornell University has been awarded an honorary doctorate from Aarhus University for his impressive research work on population genetics and genomics over the last 40 years.

Since he was a postdoc student here in the early 1980s, Andrew Clark has maintained ties with Aarhus University. His work within population genetics and genomics is very relevant to the research at the Bioinformatics Research Center (BiRC) at Aarhus University. Since its establishment in 2001, BiRC has worked with him in various important areas – including PhD students who have visited him at Cornell University during their studies.

With the innovative approach he has taken throughout his career, the new honorary doctor has achieved and retained a leading position within his field of research. He has worked in many prestigious scientific organisations, and is a member of the National Academy of Science in the USA.

He has published over 400 articles, mainly in major journals, has been cited over 48,000 times and has an H-index of 87.