Robert Plomin
Robert Plomin | |
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Plomin in 2018 | |
| Born | Robert Plomin 1948 (age 76–77) |
| Citizenship | American British |
| Education | DePaul University (BA) University of Texas at Austin (PhD) |
| Known for | Twins Early Development Study |
| Spouse | Judith Dunn |
| Awards | Dobzhansky Memorial Award (2002; Behavior Genetics Association), William James Fellow Award (2004; Association for Psychological Science), Lifetime Achievement Award (2011; International Society for Intelligence Research) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Psychology, behavioral genetics |
| Institutions | University of Colorado at Boulder, Pennsylvania State University, King's College London |
| Doctoral advisor | Arnold H. Buss |
| Website | www |
Robert Joseph Plomin (born 1948) is an American/British psychologist, geneticist, and professor at the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London. He mainly works within behavioural genetics. A Review of General Psychology survey, published in 2002, ranked Plomin as the 71st most cited psychologist of the 20th century. He is the author of several books on genetics and psychology.