Bill Harris (neuroscientist)

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Bill Harris
Born (1950-11-26) November 26, 1950 (age 75)
Spouse Christine Holt
AwardsFellow of the Royal Society (2007), Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (2007), Elected Member of EMBO (20120; Waddington Medal (2017)
Scientific career
Fieldsneuroscience
Institutions University of California, San Diego
Cambridge University
Thesis Color Vision in Drosophila  (1976)
Doctoral advisor Seymour Benzer
David Hubel, Torsten Wiesel (postdoc)
Website www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/william-harris

William Anthony Harris (born November 26, 1950) is a Canadian-born neuroscientist, Professor of Anatomy at Cambridge University, and fellow of Clare College, Cambridge. He was head of the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience [1] since its formation in 2006 [2] until his retirement in 2018.

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Awards and honours

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2007, [3] a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 2007, [4] and a member of the European Molecular Biology Organisation in 2012. [5] In 2017, he was awarded the Waddington Medal [6] by the British Society for Developmental Biology [7] for his work on the development of the visual system. [8]

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