Silvia Paracchini FRSE is a Professor of Neurogenetics and Genomics at the University of St Andrews.
[1] As an undergraduate, Paracchini studied Biological Sciences at the University of Pavia, Italy.
After obtaining her doctorate, Paracchini held a post-doctoral research position with the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics from 2003 to 2011.
[5] Her research group at the University of St Andrews School of Medicine explores the genetic underpinnings of human behavioral traits like handedness, and neurodevelopment disorders like dyslexia by combining large genetic screenings for quantitative measures followed by gene function characterization.
[1] She also contributed to the largest study of human handedness in the world giving the best estimate of 10.6% for left-handedness.