Mark James Adams

I study the evolution of individual differences and the genetic and environmental architecture of complex mental health traits.

I am a statistical geneticist in the Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, Senior Bioinformatician for Generation Scotland, and a lead analyst for the Major Depressive Disorder Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium.

Education

2012 PhD Psychology
University of Edinburgh
Evolution of psychological diversity w/Alex Weiss

2008 MSc Quantitative Genetics & Genome Analysis
University of Edinburgh
Heritability of dominance behaviour w/Loeske Kruuk

2003 BA Theoretical Biology
Cornell University
Artificial life and mathematical biology w/Hudson Kern Reeve and Hod Lipson