Scholar
Christoph Adami
Google Scholar ID: VXM7wUMAAAAJ
Professor of Microbiology, Genetics & Immunology, Physics & Astronomy, Michigan State University
Citations & Impact
Citations
4,775
H-index
37
i10-index
85
Publications
20
Co-authors
91
list available
Contact
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Wrote the textbook “Introduction to Artificial Life” (Springer, 1998) and more recently “The Evolution of Biological Information” (Princeton University Press, 2024). Recipient of NASA’s Exceptional Achievement Medal, elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2011 as well as a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2017. Received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Society for Artificial Life (ISAL) in 2019.
Research Experience
- Was also a Principal Scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory where he conducted research into the foundations of quantum mechanics and quantum information theory.
Education
- Earned a BS in physics and mathematics and a Diplom in theoretical physics from the University of Bonn (Germany) and MA and PhD degrees in physics from the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
Background
- Professor for Microbiology and Molecular Genetics & Physics and Astronomy at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan. As a computational biologist, his main focus is Darwinian evolution, which he studies theoretically, experimentally, and computationally, at different levels of organization (from simple molecules to brains). He has pioneered the application of methods from information theory to the study of evolution, and designed the “Avida” system that launched the use of digital life (mutating and adapting computer viruses living in a controlled computer environment) as a tool for investigating basic questions in evolutionary biology.
