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Manfred Laubichler is a Professor and Director of the School of Complex Adaptive Systems (SCAS) at Arizona State University (ASU). He holds additional roles including Director of the Decision Theater at ASU and External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute. His academic career spans positions at Princeton, Yale, and the University of Vienna, with expertise in theoretical biology, evolutionary developmental biology, and the history of science. Laubichler’s research focuses on evolutionary novelties, the structure of evolutionary theory, and the evolution of knowledge systems. He is affiliated with multiple interdisciplinary centers, including the Center for Evolution and Medicine and the ASU-SFI Center for Biosocial Complex Systems.
- Education: M.Sc. Zoology (University of Vienna), M.Phil./Ph.D. Biology (Yale), M.A./Ph.D. History (Princeton)
- Affiliations: Santa Fe Institute, Max Planck Institute for Geoanthropology, Complexity Science Hub Vienna
His research interests bridge biology, philosophy, and history, with contributions to Evo-Devo, computational history of science, and complexity theory. Awards include Fellow of the AAAS and the Kowalevsky Medal. He has led grants on topics like digital humanities infrastructure and biodiversity studies. Laubichler co-directs the Center for Social Dynamics and Complexity and serves on editorial boards for journals such as Biological Theory and Journal of Experimental Zoology.
- Awards: AAAS Fellow, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin Fellow, Global Climate Forum Vice Chair
- Labs/Teams: Information and Competition Lab, Complexity Science Hub Vienna, Embryo Project
