Jim Kent
| Jim Kent | |
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| Photo courtesy of Jim Kent. | |
| Born | February 10, 1960 | 
| Nationality | American | 
| Alma mater | University of California, Santa Cruz | 
| Awards | Overton Prize Benjamin Franklin Award (Bioinformatics) | 
| Scientific career | |
| Thesis | Patching and painting the working draft of the human genome (2002) | 
| Doctoral advisor | Alan M Zahler | 
| Other academic advisors | David Haussler | 
| Website | www | 
William James Kent (born February 10, 1960) is an American research scientist and computer programmer. He has been a contributor to genome database projects and the 2003 winner of the Benjamin Franklin Award.