Francisco J. Ayala

Francisco José Ayala was born March 12, 1934 in Madrid, Spain. He is a Spanish-American biologist and philosopher at the University of California, Irvine.
He is a former Dominican priest, ordained in 1960, but left the priesthood that same year.
After graduating from the university of Salamanca, he moved to the United States in 1961 to study for a PhD at Columbia University. There, he studied for his doctorate under Theodosius Dobzhansky, graduating in 1964. He became a U.S. citizen in 1971.
He has been president and chairman of the Board of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Books.
Ayala has published 950 papers and 30 books. Recently published books include: