Webb Miller
Bioinformaticion Extraordinaire. Webb Miller. Basics and Education. Born 1944 United States Citizen B.A. in Mathematics, Whitman College, Walla Walla Washington M.S. in Computer Science, Whitman College Ph.D. in Mathematics, University of Washington, 1969. Career.
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Bioinformaticion Extraordinaire Webb Miller
Basics and Education • Born 1944 • United States Citizen • B.A. in Mathematics, Whitman College, Walla Walla Washington • M.S. in Computer Science, Whitman College • Ph.D. in Mathematics, University of Washington, 1969
Career • ’69-’80: Assistant professor Computer Science, Penn State • ’80-’87: Wrote books, worked at IBM, UC- Santa Barbara, University of Arizona • ‘87: Returned to Penn State, focused on computational biology
Contributions to Bioinformatics • Developer of BLAST with Gene Meyer • Developer of Genome Browser with David Haussler
Major Achievements • 2009 Accomplishment by a Senior Scientist Award • Listed among the 2009 Time 100 • Successfully sequenced the DNA of a woolly mammoth in 2008
Current Research • Sequencing genomes of rare, endangered, and extinct species including the woolly mammoth, Tasmanian tiger and the Tasmanian devil. • Hopes to understand their biology and prevent extinction of endangered species.
