Matt McGue
Matt McGue is an American behavior geneticist and Regents Professor of psychology at the University of Minnesota, where he co-directs the Minnesota Center for Twin and Family Research.[1][2][3]
Matt McGue | |
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| Born | Matthew Kerry McGue Oakland, California, U.S |
| Alma mater | University of Minnesota University of California, Berkeley |
| Awards | James Shields Award (2006) Dobzhansky Award (2014) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Psychology Behavioral genetics |
| Institutions | University of Minnesota |
| Thesis | Ridge regression: Estimation and Prediction (1981) |
| Doctoral advisor | Thomas J. Bouchard, Jr. |
| Doctoral students | S. Alexandra Burt, Wendy Johnson, Wendy Slutske, |
Career
McGue received his B.A. in psychology (minor: mathematics) from the University of California, Berkeley in 1975 and his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1981. After completing his Ph.D. he was an instructor and later assistant professor at the Washington University School of Medicine until 1985. He returned to the University of Minnesota and eventually became full professor there in 1992.[3]
He was elected president of the Behavior Genetics Association in 2002[4] and was president of the International Society for Twin Studies from 2008 to 2010.
References
- "Matt McGue". uawards.umn.edu. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
- "Matt McGue - University of Minnesota". coursera.org. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
- "Matt McGue : Psychology : University of Minnesota". psych.umn.edu. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
- "Historical table of BGA Meetings". bga.org. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
External links
- Matt McGue University of Minnesota
- Introduction to Human Behavioral Genetics with Matt McGue (Coursera)
- Matt McGue publications indexed by Google Scholar
- 17-topic course on Behavioral Genetics taught at University of Minnesota in fall 2020
- Distinguished Contributor Interview at a meeting of the International Society for Intelligence Research, July 2022]