15 Facts About Spencer Wells

Spencer Wells was born on April 6,1969 and is an American geneticist, anthropologist, author and entrepreneur.

Spencer Wells was born in Marietta, Georgia and grew up in Lubbock, Texas.

Spencer Wells attended both All Saints School and Lubbock High School, and received a National Merit Scholarship.

Spencer Wells obtained a Bachelor of Science in biology from the University of Texas at Austin in 1988 and a Ph.

Spencer Wells was a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University between 1994 and 1998, and a research fellow at the University of Oxford from 1999 to 2000.

Spencer Wells is renowned for his logistically complex sample-collecting expeditions in remote parts of the world.

Spencer Wells's work has taken him to more than 100 countries.

Spencer Wells wrote the book The Journey of Man: A Genetic Odyssey, which explains how genetic data has been used to trace human migrations over the past 50,000 years, when modern humans first migrated outside of Africa.

Spencer Wells has contributed to efforts to determine the date of Y-chromosomal Adam.

Spencer Wells has presented the results of his work around the world, including at the 2007 TED conference, where he spoke specifically about human diversity.

Spencer Wells gave the keynote address at the University of Texas College of Natural Sciences commencement exercises on May 21,2011.

Spencer Wells was one of the keynote speakers at the Southern California Genealogical Society Jamboree that was co-sponsored by the International Society of Genetic Genealogy on June 3,2013.

Spencer Wells previously had a courtesy, unpaid appointment as a part-time adjunct that did not involve teaching.

Spencer Wells is married to Holly Morse, and the two have lived in Lombok, Indonesia since 2020.

Spencer Wells was previously married to Trendell Thompson, with whom he has two children, Sasha Thompson-Wells and Margot Thompson-Wells; and Pamela Caragol Wells.