Hamish Spencer

Hamish Spencer
Spencer in 2020
AwardsFellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, Callaghan Medal, University of Otago Sesquicentennial Distinguished Chair, James Cook Research Fellowship, Fellow of the International Science Council
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Auckland, University of Auckland, Harvard University
Thesis
  • An investigation of the theories of speciation by founder effect (1988)
Doctoral advisorRichard Lewontin
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Waikato, University of Otago, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
Doctoral studentsJemma Geoghegan

Hamish Gordon Spencer FRSNZ is a New Zealand evolutionary biologist, and is a Distinguished Professor at the University of Otago. Spencer was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi in 2009, and is a Fellow of the International Science Council. He won the Callaghan Medal in 2016.