Toomas Kivisild, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Toomas Kivisild

Estonian geneticist

Date of Birth: 11-Aug-1969

Place of Birth: Tapa, Lääne-Viru County, Estonia

Profession: geneticist

Nationality: Estonia

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Toomas Kivisild, (born on 11 August 1969 in Tapa, Estonia) is an Estonian geneticist.
He graduated with Ph.D.
from University of Tartu in 2000 and is currently University Reader in Human Evolutionary Genetics at Cambridge University, Division of Biological Anthropology, as well as a senior researcher at the Estonian Biocentre.
His research focuses mainly on the evolution of the human species as seen through population genetics.
He coauthored the second edition of the textbook Human Evolutionary Genetics (2013).