Scholar
Michael Levin
Google Scholar ID: luouyakAAAAJ
Professor of biology, Tufts University
Citations & Impact
Citations
18,774
H-index
75
i10-index
327
Publications
20
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0
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Serves as an editor for several journals, including Bioelectricity (co-editor in chief) and Collective Intelligence (founding associate editor). Affiliated with multiple research centers and institutions, such as the Allen Discovery Center at Tufts and the Wyss Institute at Harvard.
Research Experience
- Currently serves as the Principal Investigator of the Levin Lab at Tufts University. The lab's primary model system is morphogenesis, the ability of multicellular bodies to self-assemble, repair, and improvise novel solutions to anatomical goals. A key focus is on developmental bioelectricity, where all cells connect in somatic electrical networks that store, process, and act on information to control large-scale body structure.
Background
- Research interests include developmental biology, artificial life, bioengineering, synthetic morphology, and cognitive science. Focuses on understanding how intelligence operates in various forms, from single cells to multicellular collectives, to entire organisms and swarms. Specializes in the study of non-neural cognition, exploring the emergence of proto-cognition in cell collectives at both evolutionary and developmental timescales.
Miscellany
- The lab is located at the Department of Biology, School of Arts and Sciences, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA.
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