# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/katherine-belov
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:30:49.987Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/katherine-belov"
name: "Katherine Belov"
slug: "katherine-belov"
description: "Katherine Belov is an Australian geneticist, professor of comparative genomics in the School of Life and Environmental Sciences and Pro Vice Chancellor of Global Engagement at the University of Sydney. She is head of the Australasian Wildlife Genomics Group and research expert in the area of comparative genomics and immunogenetics, including Tasmanian devils and koalas, two iconic Australian species that are threatened by disease processes. Throughout her career, she has disproved the idea that marsupial immune system is primitive, characterized the South American gray short-tailed opossum's immune genes, participated in the Platypus Genome Project, led research identifying the properties of platypus venom, and identified the cause of the spread of the Tasmanian devil's contagious cancer."
tagline: "Australian scientist and geneticist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Katherine_Belov.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1973"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.1
  momentum:             3.376623376623377
  historical:           5.470374666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Katherine Belov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AB%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88%D9%81"
    title: "كاثرين بيلوف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Belov"
    title: "Katherine Belov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%A5%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%AC%E0%B1%86%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%8B%E0%B0%B5%E0%B1%8D"
    title: "కేథరిన్ బెలోవ్"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Belov"
    title: "Katherine Belov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine_Belov"
    title: "Katherine Belov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump