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Juergen K. V. Reichardt is an adjunct professor of human genomics at the Australian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Smithfield, Australia.
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I have been fortunate to have had an academic career spanning several decades and four continents. At first, as with most academics, I was largely focused on research — but I very much enjoyed working with my students.
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