Peter Schuster (theoretical chemist)

Peter K. Schuster
Born(1941-03-07)7 March 1941
Vienna, Austria
Died15 June 2026(2026-06-15) (aged 85)
Alma materUniversity of Vienna (PhD, 1967)
Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
Known forTheory of molecular evolution
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical Biochemistry
WorkplacesUniversity of Vienna
Doctoral students
Martin Nowak
Günter P. Wagner
Erich Bornberg-Bauer

Peter K. Schuster (7 March 1941 – 15 June 2026) was an Austrian theoretical chemist known for his work with the German Nobel Laureate Manfred Eigen in developing the quasispecies model. His work has made great strides in the understanding of viruses and their replication, as well as theoretical mechanisms in the origin of life.

Life and career

Schuster was born in Vienna, Austria on 7 March 1941. He graduated with highest honours from a "gymnasium". Schuster studied chemistry and physics at the University of Vienna and earned his PhD in 1967. He was a Postdoc at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry. Together with Eigen, Schuster developed the quasispecies model. Schuster was a full professor of theoretical chemistry at the University of Vienna, the founding director of the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology in Jena, Germany, as well as the head of its Department of Molecular Evolutionary Biology. He was an external faculty member at the Santa Fe Institute. Schuster was later the President of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. He died on 15 June 2026, at the age of 85.[1]

Honours and awards

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References

  1. ↑ "In memoriam Peter Schuster (1941 – 2026)". Universität Wien. 19 June 2026. Retrieved 20 June 2026.
  2. ↑ "Peter Schuster". German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  3. ↑ Editor, ÖGV. (2015). Wilhelm Exner Medal. Austrian Trade Association. ÖGV. Austria.
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