Daniel Justin Fairbanks (born 1956)[1] is an American biologist who was formerly a dean of Undergraduate Education at Brigham Young University (BYU).

Fairbanks received his undergraduate education at BYU.

Fairbanks has also served as a visiting professor at Universidade Estadual de Londrina and Southern Virginia University.

Fairbanks is also a sculptor who has works in some museum collections.

Some of his works include Genetics: The Continunity of Life, Relics of Eden: The Powerful Evidence of Evolution in Human DNA, a very accessible book for non-specialist in genetics readers,[2] Ending the Mendel-Fisher Controversy, and Shrubland Ecosystem Genetics and Biodiversity: Proceedings of a Conference.