in bioinformatics of protein sequences and evolution Albert de la Chapelle (1933–2020), eminent Finnish medical geneticist, genetic predisposition to cancer Max Delbrück (1906–1981), German-US scientist, Nobel Prize for genetic structure of viruses Charles DeLisi (born 1941), US biophysicist, led the initiative that planned and launched the Human Genome Project Emmanouil Dermitzakis (born 1972), Greek human geneticist known for research on the importance of non-coding DNA in evolution and disease risk Félix d'Herelle (1873–1949), Canadian-French microbiologist, discovered phages, invented phage therapy Hugo de Vries (1848–1935), Dutch botanist and one of the re-discoverers of Mendel's laws in 1900 Carrie Derrick (1862–1941), Canadian geneticist, Canada's first female professor M. Demerec (1895–1966), Croatian-US geneticist, directed Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Theodosius Dobzhansky (1900–1975), noted Ukrainian-US geneticist and evolutionary biologist John Doebley, (born 1952), US geneticist, studies genes that drive development and evolution of plants Peter Doherty (born 1940), Australian, won Nobel Prize for immune recognition of antigens Albert Dorfman (1916–1982), US biochemical geneticist, discovered cause of Hurler's syndrome Gabriel Dover (1937–2018), British evolutionary geneticist Dennis Drayna, (born 1952), American human geneticist most notable for discovering genetic causes of stuttering NT Dubinin (1907–1998), Russian biologist and geneticist Bernard Dutrillaux (born 1940), French cytogeneticist, chromosome banding, comparative cytogenetics Christian de Duve (1917–2013), Belgian cytologist, Nobel Prize for cell organelles (peroxisomes, lysosomes) E Richard H. Ebright (born 1959), US bacterial geneticist, molecular mechanisms of transcription and transcriptional regulation A.W.F. Edwards (born 1935), British statistician, geneticist, developed methods of phylogenetic analysis John Edwards (1928–2007), British medical geneticist and cytogeneticist who first described trisomy 18 Hans Eiberg (born 1945), Danish geneticist, discovered the mutation causing blue eyes Eugene "Gene" J. Eisen (born 1938), US geneticist, experimental validation of the theory of genetic correlations; first to conduct a long-term selection experiment with transgenic mice Jeff Ellis (born 1953), Australian scientist R. A. Emerson (1873–1947), US plant geneticist, the main pioneer of corn genetics Sterling Emerson (1900–1988), US, biochemical genetics, recombination, son of R. A. Emerson Alan Emery (born 1928), British neuromuscular geneticist, Emery–Dreifuss muscular dystrophy Boris Ephrussi (1901–1979), Russian-born French geneticist, created way to transplant chromosomes Robert C. Elston (born 1932), British-born American biostatistical genetics and genetic epidemiologist Charlie Epstein (1933–2011), US medical geneticist, editor, developed mouse model for Down syndrome, wounded by the Unabomber Eleazar Eskin, professor and Chair of the Department of Computational Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles Herbert McLean Evans (1882–1971), US anatomist, reported in 1918 humans