Georg Seelig
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Georg Seelig is a Swiss computer scientist, bioengineer, and synthetic biologist. He is an associate professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington. He is a researcher in the field of DNA nanotechnology.[1][2][3][4]
DNA nanotechnology
Georg Seelig | |
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| Alma mater | University of Basel |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Synthetic biologist, DNA nanotechnology |
| Institutions | University of Washington |
Life
He graduated from University of Basel with a Diploma in Physics in 1998 and did his PhD on condensed matter Physics from University of Geneva in 2003.[5] He was a post doctoral associate in the lab of Professor Erik Winfree at California Institute of Technology between 2003 and 2009[6] . He has won the prestigious NSF CAREER award in 2010,[7] the Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship in 2011,[8] and the DARPA Young Faculty Award in 2012.[9] He is a part of the Molecular Programming Project.