Gregory A. Wray currently serves as Professor of Biology and Director of the Center for Evolutionary Genomics at Duke University. He received his B.S. in Biology from the College of William and Mary in 1981 and earned his Ph.D. from Duke University Department of Zoology under the supervision of Dr. David McClay in 1987. He then served as a Postdoctoral Fellow with Dr. Rudolph Raff at Indiana University Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (1987-1990) and later moved to University of Washington Friday Harbor Laboratories to work under Dr. Richard Strathmann (1990-1992). After a brief appointment as Assistant Professor at Vanderbilt University Department of Biology, he assumed an Assistant Professorship in the Department of Ecology and Evolution at State University of New York, Stony Brook (1993-1997), later being appointed Associate Professor (1997-1999) at the same institution. He was awarded Young Investigator Award in Molecular Evolution by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 1995.

Dr. Wray’s research interest lies in evolution of gene networks and developmental mechanisms. He serves on many journal editorial boards, including Evolution and Development (which he co-founded), Development, Genes and Evolution, and The Quarterly Review of Biology.