Wilder Wohns

Election Year: 2017

Election Constituency: United States of America

Scholar Status: Scholar Alum

Rhodes Identifier: Washington & Merton 2017

Wilder Wohns

Biography

Anthony W. L. "Wilder" Wohns graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard University in 2016, where he concentrated in Human Evolutionary Biology, with Computer Science as a secondary field. He is currently reading for an M.A. in Biological Anthropology at the University of Cambridge on Harvard's Herchel Smith Fellowship. His other interests include running, rowing with the Emmanuel College Boat Club, and mountaineering. In addition, he is an advocate for refugee rights with Harvard Scholars at Risk, speaks Japanese, and has an award-winning collection of antiquarian books and maps. Wilder plans to pursue a research career at the intersection of computational genomics and ethics.