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Eske Willerslev (5 June 1971) is a Danish evolutionary biologist notable for his pioneering work on Ancient DNA. He is currently a full professor at Copenhagen University and director of the Centre of Excellence in GeoGenetics. He is the son of historian Richard Willerslev and twin brother of anthropologist Rane Willerslev. ==Biography== Before becoming a scientist Willerslev led several expeditions in Siberia in the early 1990s with his twin brother, anthropologist Rane Willerslev collecting ethnographic materials and Megafauna skeleton remains that are stored at Moesgaard Museum in Denmark (the largest Siberian ethnographical collection in Denmark). Willerslev also lived as a fur trapper in the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic from 1993–94.〔(Fra pelsjæger til Professor ). science.ku.dk. 2 June 2008 〕 Willerslev handed in his PhD thesis as a doctor thesis and obtained his DSc at Copenhagen University in 2004.〔Willerslev E. (2004) Recovery and analysis of ancient DNA from ice, sediments, and fossil remains. DSc thesis University of Copenhagen 2004 pp. 1–346, HCØ tryk, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.〕 He moved to Oxford University as an independent Wellcome Trust Fellow, and became full professor at Copenhagen University at the age of 33, the youngest person to become a full professor in Denmark at the time. Willerslev is a Foreign Associate Member of The National Academy of Sciences (USA), elected member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, and Honorary Doctor at University of Oslo. He has been a visiting professor at Oxford University, UK, and a Visiting Miller Professor at UC Berkeley. In 2014 he became an adopted member of the Crow Tribe in Montana (Apsaalooke), where he carries the name ChiitdeeXia’ssee (Well Known Scout). He has received several awards including the Antiquity Prize for the best paper in the journal Antiquity in 2009, the Danish Independent Research Council's Major EliteForsk Prize, the Rosenkjær Award and the Genius Award (Geniusprisen) of Danish Science journalists for "an impressive array of research successes in the public eye, combined with a unique tour-de-force through university". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eske Willerslev」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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