# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ronald-w-davis
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:12:00.863Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ronald-w-davis"
name: "Ronald W. Davis"
slug: "ronald-w-davis"
description: "Ronald Wayne \"Ron\" Davis is professor of biochemistry and genetics, and director of the Stanford Genome Technology Center at Stanford University. Davis is a researcher in biotechnology and molecular genetics, particularly active in human and yeast genomics and the development of new technologies in genomics, with over 64 biotechnology patents. In 2013, it was said of Davis that \"A substantial number of the major genetic advances of the past 20 years can be traced back to Davis in some way.\" Since his son fell severely ill with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome Davis has focused his research efforts into the illness."
tagline: "American biochemist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ronald_W._Davis.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1941-07-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.547805333333335
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://profiles.stanford.edu/ronald-davis"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump