caption birth_place citizenship awards fields birth_date image article_title name alma_mater
spencer wells marietta , georgia , usa american kistler prize -lrb- 2007 -rrb- genetics 6 april 1969 spencer wells.jpg spencer wells
 spencer wells university of texas at austin harvard university
spencer wells

spencer wells -lrb- born april 6 , 1969 -rrb- is a geneticist , anthropologist , author , explorer-in-residence at the national geographic society , scholar-in-residence at georgetown university , and the owner of antone 's , an iconic nightclub in austin , texas .
he led the genographic project from 2005 to 2015 .
