| William Kristan | |
| Birth Name: | William B. Kristan, Jr. |
| Nationality: | American |
| Fields: | Biology |
| Workplaces: | University of California, San Diego |
William B. Kristan, Jr. is an American biologist, currently a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of California, San Diego.[1] [2]
He was awarded a Ph.D. by the University of Pennsylvania before becoming a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford University. He was awarded a 1981 Guggenheim Fellowship and was a Fellow of the University of Bielefeld, Germany.[3]
His interests are in the behaviour of neuronal networks and their creation during embryogenesis.using a variety of advanced techniques to examine the circuits in the relatively controllable nervous system of the medicinal leech.[3]