Peter Schuster

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Peter K. Schuster
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Born7 March 1941 (1941-03-07) (age 82)
Nationality Austrian
Alma mater University of Vienna (PhD, 1967)
Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
Known forTheory of molecular evolution
Scientific career
Fields Theoretical Biochemistry
Institutions University of Vienna
Doctoral students Martin Nowak
Günter P. Wagner
Erich Bornberg-Bauer

Peter K. Schuster (born 7 March 1941) is a theoretical chemist 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.

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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.

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  1. "Peter Schuster". German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  2. Editor, ÖGV. (2015). Wilhelm Exner Medal. Austrian Trade Association. ÖGV. Austria.