Hunter B. Fraser is a Professor of Biology at Stanford University.[1][2] He is also a member of Bio-X, Stanford's interdisciplinary biosciences institute, the Maternal & Child Health Research Institute (MCHRI), the Stanford Cancer Institute, and the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute. His research is in quantitative genomics, epigenetics, and evolutionary biology and has focused on developing new experimental and computational methods to study the evolution of gene expression in defining complex traits.[3]

Hunter Fraser
TitleProfessor of Biology, Stanford University
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of California, Berkeley
Thesis (2005)
Doctoral advisorMichael Eisen
Academic work
DisciplineBiology
Sub-disciplineGenomics
InstitutionsStanford University

Fraser completed his Ph.D. in Molecular and Cell Biology from the University of California, Berkeley in 2005.[4] His dissertation advisor was Mike Eisen.

On June 7 2023, Fraser was reported missing while backpacking in Olympic National Park. The search was called off upon learning that Fraser had 'self-rescued' and walked out of the park via the Dosewallips River Trail on June 10 2023.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Hunter Fraser promoted to Professor". biology.stanford.edu. Stanford University. March 2022. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Fraser Laboratory". Fraser Laboratory, Department of Biology, Stanford University. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Hunter Fraser - Current Research and Scholarly Interests". profiles.stanford.edu. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Hunter Fraser's CV". cap.stanford.edu. Retrieved 19 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Stanford professor who vanished on hike ahead of domestic violence court date is found". nypost.com. Retrieved 13 September 2023.