Eddie Holmes PhD

Eddie Holmes is an NHMRC Australia Fellow at the University of Sydney. He is also a Guest Professor at the Chinese CDC (Beijing). Prior to joining the University of Sydney, Eddie was the Verne M. Willaman Chair in the Life Sciences at The Pennsylvania State University, USA, and had an adjunct appointment at the National Institutes of Health. Eddie received his undergraduate degree from the University of London (1986) and his Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge (1990).

Following that, he performed postdoctoral research at the Universities of California (Davis), Edinburgh and Oxford. Between 1993-2004 he held various positions at the University of Oxford, including University Lecturer in Evolutionary Biology, before moving to Penn State. In 2003 he was awarded the Scientific Medal for ‘Achievement in Research by a Zoologist Under the Age of 40’ by the Zoological Society of London (UK). In 2008 he became a Kavli Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, and in 2010 he won the Faculty Scholars Medal in the Life and Health Sciences at Penn State.