Marc Feldman

Marc Feldman is a Professor in Biological Sciences at Stanford University, where he has been a faculty member since 1971. His work bridges applied mathematics and evolutionary biology, pioneering the quantitative theory of cultural evolution and gene-culture coevolution. He has held editorial roles at journals including Theoretical Population Biology, Genetics, and Complexity, and previously edited The American Naturalist.

• Bachelor of Science (University of Western Australia, 1964)
• Master of Science in Mathematics (Monash University, 1966)
• Ph.D. in Mathematical Biology (Stanford University, 1971)

His research spans evolutionary genetics, cultural transmission, demographic modeling (notably sex ratio imbalances in China), and interdisciplinary connections between artificial intelligence and biological systems. He has authored over 400 papers and six books, with landmark work on cultural evolution in the 1970s inspiring global studies on genetic and cultural dispersion.

Scientific accolades include The Lancet's Paper of the Year award (2003), fellowships at the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and California Academy of Sciences, and honorary professorships at Beijing Normal University and Xi’an Jiaotong University. He directs the Bridging the Rift project, fostering Israeli-Jordanian scientific collaborations, and has contributed to journals as editor or associate editor.