Michael Levin (biologist)

Not to be confused with Michael Levine (biologist).
For persons of a similar name, see Michael Levin (disambiguation).
Michael Levin
Born1969 (age 54–55)
Moscow, USSR
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma materTufts University (BS)
Harvard University (PhD)[2]
Known forleft-right asymmetry, bioelectricity, morphogenesis, xenobots
AwardsCozzarelli prize (2020)[1]
Scientific career
Fieldsdevelopmental biology, synthetic biology
InstitutionsForsyth Institute[2]
Tufts University[3]
Wyss Institute
Harvard Medical School
Doctoral advisorClifford Tabin
Websitewww.drmichaellevin.org

Michael Levin is an American developmental and synthetic biologist at Tufts University, where he is the Vannevar Bush Distinguished Professor.[3] Levin is a director of the Allen Discovery Center at Tufts University and Tufts Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology.[3] He is also co-director of the Institute for Computationally Designed Organisms[4] with Josh Bongard.

  1. ^ "PNAS Announces Six 2020 Cozzarelli Prize Recipients". National Academy of Sciences.
  2. ^ a b "Michael Levin Brief Bio". loop.frontiersin.org.
  3. ^ a b c "Tufts University: The Levin Lab". Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Institute for Computationally Designed Organisms". Retrieved 17 January 2022.