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Aug 03, 1956 67 years old
American evolutionary biologist
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About Richard Lenski
- Richard Eimer Lenski (born August 13, 1956) is an American evolutionary biologist, a MacArthur "genius" fellow, a Hannah Distinguished Professor of Microbial Ecology at Michigan State University, and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
- Lenski is best known for his still ongoing 31-year-old long-term E.
- coli evolution experiment, which has been instrumental in understanding the core processes of evolution, including mutation rates, clonal interference, antibiotic resistance, the evolution of novel traits, and speciation.
- He is also well known for his pioneering work in studying evolution digitally using self-replicating organisms called Avida.
