Matt McGue

Matt McGue
Born Matthew Kerry McGue
Oakland, California, U.S
Residence Minneapolis, Minnesota
Nationality American
Fields Psychology
Behavioral genetics
Institutions University of Minnesota
Alma mater University of Minnesota
University of California, Berkeley
Thesis Ridge regression: Estimation and Prediction (1981)
Doctoral advisor Thomas J. Bouchard, Jr.
Notable awards James Shields Award (2006)
Dobzhansky Award (2014)

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]

Career

McGue received his B.A. 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.

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.

McGue has authored or co-authored and published over 375 articles in academic journals.[2] His h-index according to Google Scholar is 103.[5]

External links

References

  1. "Matt McGue". uawards.umn.edu. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Matt McGue - University of Minnesota". coursera.org. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
  3. "Matt McGue : Psychology : University of Minnesota". psych.umn.edu. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
  4. "Historical table of BGA Meetings". bga.org. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
  5. "Matt McGue - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com. Retrieved June 28, 2016.


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