Edward Charles Holmes FRS FAA[6] (born 26 February 1965)[2] is a British evolutionary biologist and virologist.

Since 2012, he has been a fellow of the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) in Australia and professor at the University of Sydney.

[2] He then moved to the University of Cambridge where he was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Zoology in 1990[10][2] for research on molecular evolution in primates supervised by Adrian Friday.

In March 2020, he co-authored a letter titled The proximal origins of SARS-CoV-2, published in Nature Medicine,[21] which examined the mutations in the receptor-binding domain and furin cleavage site, and concluded that the virus sequence did not appear to be engineered.

[31] Holmes lists his recreations as Whale Beach, New South Wales, electric guitars, and Aston Villa Football Club.

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