Eugene Rosenberg

Eugene Rosenberg
Born (1935-10-16) October 16, 1935 (age 89)
NationalityIsraeli, American
EducationB.Sc. - UCLA, Ph.D. - Columbia University
Known forMyxobacteria, Microorganisms to Combat Pollution, hologenome concept
Spouse(s)Leah Petlak-Rosenberg (1938-1988), Ilana Zilber-Rosenberg (1942)
ChildrenRobin Esther Doron, Stephanie Shosh Rotem, Denise Rosenberg
Scientific career
FieldsMicrobiology, Biotechnology
InstitutionsTel Aviv University

Eugene Rosenberg (Hebrew: יוג'ין רוזנברג) (October 16, 1935) is a microbiologist at the Faculty of Life Sciences at Tel Aviv University,[1] an expert in the field of applied environmental microbiology,[2] in particular his work on Myxobacteria,[3] microorganisms to combat pollution (bioremediation),[2][4][5][6] and the Hologenome theory of evolution.

  1. ^ "The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University".
  2. ^ a b "Awardees of American Society for Microbiology".
  3. ^ Yang, Zhaomin and Penelope I. Higgs (eds.), Myxobacteria: Genomics, Cellular and Molecular Biology (Portland, OR: Caister Academic Press, 2014)
  4. ^ "Oil Eaters". Time. Vol. 101, no. 21. 1973-05-21. p. 64.
  5. ^ "Israeli scientist wins US award for ecological research". Israel21c Organization. 23 December 2002.
  6. ^ Ho, Leonard. "Saving corals with viruses?". Advanced Aquarist Publication.