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Andreas Wagner is a Professor in the Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies at the University of Zurich (Switzerland), where he leads a laboratory of over a dozen researchers. He is also affiliated with the Santa Fe Institute and the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics. His research focuses on evolutionary innovation, exploring how organisms develop novel adaptations through experimental evolution, comparative genomics, and computational modeling of biological systems such as gene regulatory networks, metabolic networks, and macromolecules like proteins and RNA.
- Ph.D. from Yale University (1995), awarded the J.S. Nicholas Prize for best dissertation
His work bridges biological and technological evolution, emphasizing principles beyond random DNA mutations, including robustness, gene duplication, and transposable elements. He has authored over 250 scientific papers and six books, including the 2023 Times and Telegraph book of the year Sleeping Beauties.
- Scientific Awards: AAAS Fellow, EMBO Member, and prestigious fellowships at IAS Berlin, IHES France, and STIAS South Africa
His laboratory collaborates within Zurich's active evolutionary and computational biology communities, utilizing high-throughput sequencing and molecular assays to map genotype-phenotype relationships and study genome architecture's role in innovation.
