Eugene Myers

For the oncologist and otolaryngologist, see Eugene Nicholas Myers.
Eugene Myers
Myers speaking at ISMB 2014
Born
Eugene Wimberly Myers

(1953-12-31) December 31, 1953 (age 70)
Boise, Idaho, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Colorado at Boulder
Caltech
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science
Bioinformatics
InstitutionsMPI-CBG
Janelia Farm Research Campus
University of Arizona
ThesisA Depth-First search characterization of K-connectivity and its application to connectivity testing (1982)
Doctoral advisorAndrzej Ehrenfeucht[2]
Websitewww.mpi-cbg.de/research-groups/current-groups/gene-myers/

Eugene Wimberly "Gene" Myers, Jr. (born December 31, 1953) is an American computer scientist and bioinformatician, who is best known for contributing to the early development of the NCBI's BLAST tool for sequence analysis.

  1. ^ Fogg, C. N.; Kovats, D. E. (2014). "2014 ISCB Accomplishment by a Senior Scientist Award: Gene Myers". PLOS Computational Biology. 10 (5): e1003621. Bibcode:2014PLSCB..10E3621F. doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003621. PMC 4031058. PMID 24853264.
  2. ^ Eugene Myers at the Mathematics Genealogy Project