Simon Tavaré

Simon Tavaré
Born	(1952-05-13) May 13, 1952 (age 65)
Nationality	British
Fields	Statistics Genomics Computational biology
Institutions	University of Cambridge University of Southern California
Education	Oundle School
Alma mater	University of Sheffield (BSc, MSc, PhD)
Thesis	Some results for Markow processes with application to genetic models.
Doctoral students	Thomas Hardcastle Ioanna Manolopoulou Vincent Plagnol Andrea Sottoriva Douglas Speed
Notable awards	FRS (2011) FMedSci (2009) Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award (2003-2009)
Website www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/st321/

Professor Simon Tavaré (born 1952),FRS, FMedSci, CSci, CStat, is Director of the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute, Professor of Cancer Research at the Department of Oncology and Professor in the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP) at the University of Cambridge.

Tavaré was educated at Oundle School and the University of Sheffield where he was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in 1974, a Master of Science degree in 1975 and a PhD in 1979.

His research has been funded by Cancer Research UK, the Royal Society, the European Union, Horizon 2020, the Wellcome Trust, the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), the Medical Research Council (MRC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

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