Kenneth M Weiss
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Evan Pugh Professor Emeritus
University Park, PA 16802
Education
- Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1972
- B.A., Oberlin College, 1963
Postdoc Training
- University of Michigan, 1972-73
Honors and Awards
- Evan Pugh Professor (Penn State)
- Fellow, AAAS
Research Interests
The role of genetics in biological variation and its evolution
Dr. Weiss has worked on the problem of diabetes susceptibility in Amerindians, and the effect of genetic variation on cardiovascular disease. Another interest is in the genetic basis of morphological traits that have been important in vertebrate evolution and constitute the fossil record, like the skeleton and the genetic basis of the complex, segmentally differentiated mammalian dentition and general interest is in biodemography--the determinants of age-patterns of traits related to longevity and fitness. He is active in organizing efforts to sample the human genome worldwide, to answer anthropological and biomedical questions.