Andrew F. Read

Andrew Read
Andrew Read in 2015, portrait via the Royal Society
Born	Andrew Fraser Read
Nationality	New Zealand British
Fields	Ecology Evolution Infectious diseases
Institutions	Pennsylvania State University University of Oxford University of Edinburgh
Alma mater	University of Otago (BS) University of Oxford (DPhil)
Thesis	Comparative analyses of reproductive tactics (1989)
Doctoral advisor	Paul H. Harvey
Doctoral students	Megan Greischar Katey Glunt Lindsay Beck-Johnson Penny Lynch Katie Atkins Vicki Barclay Gráinne Long Katrina Grech Andrew Wargo Jaap de Roode Meghan Guinnee (nee Gannon) Lucy Crooks Sarah Reece Heather Ferguson Rebecca Timms Katrina Lythgoe Alan Gemmill Silvie Huijben Stephanie Schrag Per Arneberg Louise Taylor Angus Buckling
Notable awards	FRS (2015) AAM Fellow (2014) FRSE (2003)
Website bio.psu.edu/directory/afr3 www.thereadgroup.net/author/andrew/

Andrew Fraser Read FRS is Evan Pugh Professor of Biology and Entomology in the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics (CIDD) at Pennsylvania State University.

Read was educated at the University of Otago where he was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in 1984. He moved on to the University of Oxford where he was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1989 for research supervised by Paul H. Harvey.

Read was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2015. His certificate of election reads: