Matt McGue is an American behavior geneticist and Regents Professor of psychology at the

University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota Twin Cities (historically known as University of Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint ...

, where he co-directs the Minnesota Center for Twin and Family Research.

Career

McGue received his B.A. in psychology (minor: mathematics) from the

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California), is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Berkeley, California, United States. Founded in 1868 and named after t ...

in 1975 and his Ph.D. from the

in 1981. After completing his Ph.D. he was an instructor and later assistant professor at the

Washington University School of Medicine Washington University School of Medicine (WashU Medicine) is the medical school of Washington University in St. Louis, located in the Central West End neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1891, the School of Medicine shares a ca ...

until 1985. He returned to the University of Minnesota and eventually became full professor there in 1992. He was elected president of the

Behavior Genetics Association The Behavior Genetics Association (BGA) is a learned society established in 1970 that promotes research into the connections between heredity and behavior, both human and animal. Its members support education and training in behavior genetics and ...

in 2002 and was president of the International Society for Twin Studies from 2008 to 2010.

References

External links

Matt McGue
University of Minnesota
Introduction to Human Behavioral Genetics with Matt McGue
(

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17-topic course on Behavioral Genetics taught at University of Minnesota in fall 2020

Distinguished Contributor Interview
at a meeting of the

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