Gilean McVean is a professor of Statistical Genetics at the University of Oxford; contributing to the sequencing of the human genome, he has helped to revolutionise modern understanding of genetic variation. Since completing his PhD at the University of Cambridge in 1997, Gil's research has focused on the analysis of genetic variation, a field he believes is pivotal to understanding a population's history and it's present condition. In recent years he has specialised in sequencing human genomes in order to map the relationship between genomes and human characteristics. He has acted as a leading figure in sequencing research and most recently he helped to coordinate the 'Thousand Genome Project', sequencing 2500 individuals in order to understand what genetic variation looks like in a human population.
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