Peter Schuster

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name = Peter K. Schuster


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birth_place = Vienna, Austria
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residence = Austria
nationality = Austrian
field = Theoretical Biochemistry
work_institution = University of Vienna
alma_mater = Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
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known_for = Theory of molecular evolution
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religion = Agnostic
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Peter K. Schuster (born March 7, 1941) is a renowned biophysicist, known for his work with the German Nobel Laureate Manfred Eigen in developing the quasispecies model. His work has made great strides in the understanding of viruses and their replication, as well as theoretical mechanisms in the origin of life.

Biography

Schuster was born in Vienna, Austria and graduated with highest honors from "gymnasium". He studied chemistry and physics at the University of Vienna and earned his PhD in 1967. He was a Postdoc at the Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry. Together with Eigen, Schuster developed the quasispecies model.He is full professor of theoretical chemistry at the University of Vienna, the founding director of the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology in Jena, Germany, as well as the current head of its Department of Molecular Evolutionary Biology. He is an external faculty member at the Santa Fe Institute. Currently, Prof. Schuster is the President of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

ee also

[http://www.tbi.univie.ac.at/~pks/ Schuster's personal homepage at the University of Vienna] [http://www.tbi.univie.ac.at/~pks/cv_esh-1104.pdf Curriculum vitae]
What is Life? (Schrödinger) [http://ncronline.org/mainpage/specialdocuments/intervieww-peterschuster.htm Interview] regarding Cardinal Schönborn's statement on evolution [http://www.santafe.edu/profiles/?pid=115 Schuster's Profile] from Santa Fe Institute