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
Born
Matthew Kerry McGue

Alma materUniversity of Minnesota
University of California, Berkeley
AwardsJames Shields Award (2006)
Dobzhansky Award (2014)
Scientific career
FieldsPsychology
Behavioral genetics
InstitutionsUniversity of Minnesota
Thesis Ridge regression: Estimation and Prediction  (1981)
Doctoral advisorThomas J. Bouchard, Jr.
Doctoral studentsS. Alexandra Burt, Wendy Johnson, Wendy Slutske,

Career

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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

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  1. ^ "Matt McGue". uawards.umn.edu. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
  2. ^ "Matt McGue - University of Minnesota". coursera.org. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Matt McGue : Psychology : University of Minnesota". psych.umn.edu. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
  4. ^ "Historical table of BGA Meetings". bga.org. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
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