Kenneth S Kendler is a physician trained in psychiatry and statistical and molecular genetics who directs the Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond Virginia, interested in a range of philosophical issues in psychiatry.
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Joan Strassmann
Joan Strassmann is a Professor of Biology at the Washington University in St. Louis, USA. She is an Evolutionary Biologist interested in cooperative alliances, multicellularity and social evolution. She is a member of the PhilInBioMed Scientific Committee.
Kevin Lala
Kevin Lala is Professor of Behavioural and Evolutionary Biology at the University of St Andrews. His lab studies evolution and animal behavior with a focus on animal social learning, niche construction and the evolution of human cognition. He is a member of the PhilInBioMed Scientific Committee.
Joeri Witteveen
Joeri Witteveen is an Assistant Professor in history and philosophy of science at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. He specializes in history and philosophy of biology. In his research he combines philosophical analysis with historical case studies while paying close attention to scientific practice.
Jonathan Weitzman
Jonathan Weitzman is Professor of Genetics at the Université Paris Cité and the founding director of the Epigenetics and Cell Fate Center, where he leads the Plasticity of Cellular Phenotypes team.
Jerry Wakefield
Jerry Wakefield is Professor of Social Work and Professor of the Conceptual Foundations of Psychiatry at NYU School of Medicine. He is interested in the conceptual foundations of clinical theory, the philosophy of psychopathology, psychiatric epidemiology of depression, and integrative clinical theory.
Günter Wagner
Günter Wagner is a Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University, USA. His main research interest is the evolution of gene regulation as it pertains to the origin of evolutionary novelties.
Eric Vivier
Eric Vivier is Professor of Immunology, and Director of the Centre d’Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy (CIML), Marseille, France.
Michel Vervoort (1970-2022)
Michel Vervoort (1970-2022) was a Professor in Biology (Evolution, Genetics, Eco-Devo) at Paris-Diderot University and Institut Jacques Monod.
Walter Veit
Walter Veit is a Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Reading (UK) & External Member at the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Germany). His research deals with animal minds, welfare, and ethics.