# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eske-willerslev
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:17:06.342Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eske-willerslev"
name: "Eske Willerslev"
slug: "eske-willerslev"
description: "Eske Willerslev is a Danish evolutionary geneticist notable for his pioneering work in molecular anthropology, palaeontology and ecology. He currently holds the Prince Philip Professorship in Ecology and Evolution at University of Cambridge, UK and the Lundbeck Foundation Professorship in Evolution at Copenhagen University, Denmark. He is director of the Centre of Excellence in GeoGenetics, a research associate at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and a professorial fellow at St John's College, Cambridge. Willerslev is a foreign associate of the National Academy of Sciences (US) and holds the Order of the Dannebrog issued by her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark in 2017."
tagline: "Danish biologist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eske_Willerslev_(cropped).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1971-06-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  momentum:             0.4423748544819558
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5649315/"
    handle:    "nm5649315"
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    title: "اسکی ویلیرسلو"
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    title: "Eske Willerslev"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump