Alexander Strudwick Young
I’m a statistical geneticist at UCLA and on the steering committee of the SSGAC.
I am interested in how genetic variation gives rise to the diversity of humans in all their facets: physical traits, behaviours, social outcomes. A central theme of my research is how we can use the randomisation of genetic material within-families to disentangle nature and nurture. This then enables us to understand how genetic and cultural transmission from parents to offspring, combined with mating patterns, shape the distribution of traits in the population.
I develop theory, statistical methods, and software for analyzing genetic data.
Please get in touch if you’re interested in working with me as a pre-doctoral research assistant, graduate student, or postdoc.
In previous years, I obtained degrees in mathematics and statistics, computational biology, and a doctorate in genomic medicine and statistics from the University of Oxford. I worked at deCODE Genetics in Reykjavik.
I used to write a blog, archived here.