Georg Seelig

Georg Seelig
Alma mater	University of Basel
Scientific career
Fields	Synthetic biologist, DNA nanotechnology
Institutions	University of Washington

Georg Seelig is a Swiss computer scientist, bioengineer, and synthetic biologist. He is an associate professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington. He is a researcher in the field of DNA nanotechnology. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Life

He graduated from University of Basel with a Diploma in Physics in 1998 and did his PhD on condensed matter Physics from University of Geneva in 2003. ^[5] He was a post doctoral associate in the lab of Professor Erik Winfree at California Institute of Technology between 2003 and 2009 ^[6] . He has won the prestigious NSF CAREER award in 2010, ^[7] the Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship in 2011, ^[8] and the DARPA Young Faculty Award in 2012. ^[9] He is a part of the Molecular Programming Project.

References

1. "DNA mutation breakthrough". Zee News. 29 July 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
2. "DNA mutation breakthrough could help treat TB, Cander". Dallas Sun. 29 July 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
3. "UW engineers invent programming language to build synthetic DNA". UW news. September 30, 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
4. "Encoding data in DNA for millennia? UW and Microsoft Research are on it". 4 December 2015.
5. "Seelig Resume" (PDF). University of Washington. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
6. "The DNA and Natural Algorithms Group Caltech". California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
7. "Georg Seelig Receives 2010 CAREER Award". University of Washington. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
8. "Seelig wins Sloan". University of Washington. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
9. "Seelig Receives DARPA Young Faculty Award". Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2013.