What was the name of the employer Peter Donnelly work for from 1985 to 1988?
Peter Donnelly Sir Peter James Donnelly ( born 15 May 1959 ) is an Australian mathematician and Professor of Statistical Science at the University of Oxford , and the CEO of Genomics PLC . He is a specialist in applied probability and has made contributions to coalescent theory . His research group at Oxford has an international reputation for the development of statistical methodology to analyze genetic data . Background , family and education . Donnelly was born and raised in Brisbane , Queensland , the son of financial adviser , economic theorist and author Austin Donnelly and Sheila Donnelly . He is the brother of Sharon Donnelly and of eminent Australian financier , funds manager and company director Melda Donnelly . He was educated at St . Josephs Christian Brothers College , Gregory Terrace , the University of Queensland and Balliol College , Oxford . Professional life . When elected to a chair at Queen Mary College , London in 1988 Donnelly was only 29 , and possibly the youngest Professor in Great Britain . He held a chair at the University of Chicago ( 1994–96 ) and was head of the Department of Statistics at the University of Oxford from 1996 to 2001 . From 2007 to 2018 , he was Director , Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics ( WTCHG ) in Oxford . He is a fellow at St Annes College , Oxford . Many leading statistical geneticists worked with Donnelly as young researchers including David Balding , Carsten Wiuf , Matthew Stephens and Jonathan Pritchard . 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 . He is noted for his collaborative work with biologists . 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 , a genome-wide association study . In 2015 , Donnelly was elected as Chairman of the Royal Societys Machine Learning Working Group Awards and honours . Donnelly was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2006 and also elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2008 . Other significant awards and honours have included : - 1980 University Medal , University of Queensland - 1980-1983 Rhodes Scholarship - 1984-1985 University of Wales Research Fellowship - 1988 Elected Ordinary Member of the International Statistical Institute - 1990 Special Invited Lecturer , Institute of Mathematical Statistics - 1990-1995 SERC Advanced Fellowship - 1995 Elected Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics - 1999 Elected Honorary Fellow , Institute of Actuaries - 2000 Bernoulli Lecturer , 5th World Congress of the Bernoulli Society - 2001 Forum Lecturer , European Meeting of Statisticians - 2002 Editors Invited Paper , Statistical Society of Australia - 2002 Mitchell Prize , of the American Statistical Association and ISBA - 2004 Guy Medal in Silver , Royal Statistical Society - 2007 Medallion Lecturer , Institute of Mathematical Statistics . - 2007 The main paper from the Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium , which Donnelly chaired , won several awards , including The Lancet s Paper of the Year , Scientific American s Research Leader of the Year , the Amadeus Prize , and one of Natures Editors Picks for 2007 . - 2009 Awarded the Weldon Memorial Prize Donnelly was knighted in the 2019 Birthday Honours for services to the understanding of human genetics in disease .