Nels Elde, University of Utah evolutionary geneticist, receives MacArthur Foundation ‘genius grant’

(Photo courtesy of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation) Nels Elde, an evolutionary geneticist who does his research at the University of Utah, has received a 2020 MacArthur Fellowship, aka "genius grant." The fellowships were announced Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020.

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