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Gregory Allan Wray

Professor of Biology
Biology
Duke Box 90325, Durham, NC 27708-0325
125 Science Drive, 4104 French Family Science Center, Durham, NC 27708

Awards & Honors


AAAS Fellow

Scholarly Society American Association for the Advancement of Science · 2019

Distinguished Visiting Professor

University University of Miami · 2018

Houpt Lecture in Genome Sciences

University University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill · 2012

Huck Lecture in Molecular Evolution

University Pennsylvania State University · 2010

Daniel Koshland Lecture

University University of California at Berkeley · 2009

Donald Abbott Lecture

University Stanford University, Hopkins Marine Lab · 2004

J. B. Johnson Lecture

Scholarly Society Society for Neuroscience · 2001

Young Investigator in Molecular Evolution

National Alfred P. Sloan Foundation · 1995

NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowship

National National Institutes of Health · 1988

Graduate Research Fellowship

National National Science Foundation · 1982

In the News


Published March 4, 2021
Duke Starts Sequencing COVID Genes, Finds Two Known Variants
Published October 15, 2020
'Silent' Mutations Gave the Coronavirus an Evolutionary Edge
Published June 26, 2019
What Made Humans 'the Fat Primate'?
Published November 27, 2018
Six From Duke Named Fellows of American Association for Advancement of Science
Published March 16, 2016
New Collaborative Seed Grant Program Gives Eight Awards
Published November 11, 2015
Gregory Wray: How humans evolved supersize brains
Published August 14, 2015
For evolving brains, a 'paleo' diet full of carbs
Published June 26, 2015
Allen Song Named Interim Director of Brain Institute
Published February 19, 2015
Evolving a Bigger Brain With Human DNA
Published June 16, 2014
Duke Undergrads Sink Their Teeth into Evolution Research
Published May 5, 2014
Getting to the Root of Enamel Evolution
Published March 24, 2014
Duke Announces Reorganization of Genome Sciences
Published January 30, 2014
Stem Cells Might Tell Us Why Chimps Cant Blush