Francisco J. Ayala, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Francisco J. Ayala

Spanish-American philosopher and biologist

Date of Birth: 12-Mar-1934

Place of Birth: Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain

Profession: biologist, university teacher, geneticist, philosopher

Nationality: Spain, United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Francisco J. Ayala

  • Francisco José Ayala Pereda (born March 12, 1934) is a Spanish-American evolutionary biologist and philosopher who was a longtime faculty member at the University of California, Irvine and University of California, Davis.
  • He is a former Dominican priest, ordained in 1960, but left the priesthood that same year.
  • After graduating from the University of Salamanca, he moved to the United States in 1961 to study for a PhD at Columbia University.
  • There, he studied for his doctorate under Theodosius Dobzhansky, graduating in 1964.
  • He became a US citizen in 1971. He has been President and Chairman of the Board of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
  • At University of California, Irvine, his academic appointments included University Professor and Donald Bren Professor of Biological Sciences, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology (School of Biological Sciences), Professor of Philosophy (School of Humanities), and Professor of Logic and the Philosophy of Science (School of Social Sciences).On July 1, 2018, Dr.
  • Ayala officially resigned from the University of California, Irvine, due to substantiated sexual harassment claims.
  • His name was removed from the School of Biological Sciences, the Science Library, as well as various graduate fellowships, scholarship programs, and endowed chairs.
  • Details of the charges were made public online on July 20, 2018 in an elaborate 97-page investigative report detailing the sexual harassment that occurred as early as 2003 and as recently as 2018.

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