1. Turi Emma King was born on 31 December 1969 and is a Canadian-British professor and currently the Director of the Milner Centre for Evolution at the University of Bath.
12 Facts About Turi King
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Turi King was previously Professor of Public Engagement and Genetics at the University of Leicester.
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In 2012, King led the DNA verification during the exhumation and reburial of Richard III of England.
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Turi King moved to Canada at an early age and was brought up in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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Turi King studied at the University of British Columbia and worked on archaeological sites in Canada, Greece, and England, before moving to Jesus College, Cambridge to read Archaeology and Anthropology.
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Turi King won a scholarship to study for a Master of Science degree in Molecular Genetics at the University of Leicester, gaining a First with Distinction.
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Turi King was able to use the mitochondrial DNA from direct living descendants of Richard III's sister, Anne of York, one of whom was traced by British historian John Ashdown-Hill, with a second relative traced by the University of Leicester team.
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Turi King guest-presented the Royal Institution's Christmas Lectures in Japan in 2019 stepping in for Alice Roberts.
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Turi King advises on numerous television programmes and provides genetic expertise to authors such as Patricia Cornwell, Philippe Sands, Edward Glover, and David McKie.
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DNA Family Secrets is a television series which began airing on BBC Two in March 2021, presented by Stacey Dooley and Turi King, it uses current DNA technology to solve family mysteries around ancestry, missing relatives and genetic disease.
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In 2016, Turi King was appointed an honorary fellow of the British Science Association in recognition of her contribution to public engagement in science.
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Turi King was the president of the Adelphi Genetics Forum for two years, as announced in the Galton Review.