Anne Villeneuve PhD

Dr. Anne Villeneuve is a geneticist recognized for her research on the mechanisms governing chromosome inheritance during meiosis, the specialized cell division program that gives rise to sperm and eggs. Her long-standing interest in sexual reproduction began during her Ph.D. research on sex determination and dosage compensation in the Department of Biology at MIT. She moved to Stanford University in 1989 as an Independent Fellow in the Department of Developmental Biology, where she initiated her research on meiosis.

Dr. Villeneuve joined the Stanford faculty in 1995 and is currently a Professor of Developmental Biology and Genetics at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Research from Dr. Villeneuve's lab and those of her former trainees have been instrumental in establishing the nematode C. Elegans as one of the premier experimental systems for investigating chromosome dynamics and genetic recombination during meiosis. Dr. Villeneuve has served as Secretary of the Genetics Society of America and is a Research Professor of the American Cancer Society. She was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2016 before being elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2017.