Jerry A. Coyne

Jerry A. Coyne is the New York Times author of numerous scientific articles and books, including Why Evolution is True and Speciation with H. Allen Orr. He is a professor at the University of Chicago in the Department of Ecology and Evolution, where he specializes in evolutionary genetics. He is also a member of both the Committee on Genetics and the Committee on Evolutionary Biology. He has written over 115 refereed scientific papers and 130 other articles, book reviews, and columns. He is a frequent contributor to The New Republic, The Times Literary Supplement, the New York Times, among others. Jerry lives in Chicago.