Martin Nowak
Martin Nowak | |
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Nowak at Harvard in 2014 | |
| Born | Martin Andreas Nowak April 7, 1965 Vienna, Austria |
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Alma mater | University of Vienna (PhD) |
| Known for | Evolution of cooperation, Evolutionary dynamics, Somatic evolution in cancer, Viral dynamics, Language evolution |
| Awards | Weldon Memorial Prize Albert Wander Prize Akira Okubo Prize |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematical biology |
| Institutions | Harvard University Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry University of Oxford Princeton University Institute for Advanced Study |
| Thesis | Stochastic strategies in the prisoner's dilemma (1989) |
| Doctoral advisor | Karl Sigmund |
| Doctoral students | David G. Rand Erez Lieberman Aiden Marc Lipsitch Sebastian Bonhoeffer Franziska Michor |
| Website | www |
Martin Andreas Nowak (born April 7, 1965) is an Austrian-born professor of mathematics and biology at Harvard University. He is a researcher in evolutionary dynamics, and has made contributions to the fields of evolutionary theory and viral dynamics.
He held faculty positions at Oxford University and the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, before being recruited by Harvard in 2003. During this time, Jeffrey Epstein funded a portion of Nowak's work, helping to set up a center for studying cooperation in evolution. He was the director of Harvard's Program for Evolutionary Dynamics (PED) from 2003 until 2020. He was suspended from supervising undergraduate research for two years and his institute permanently closed due to Epstein’s continued use of a personal office in the PED building for over ten years after his conviction for sex crimes.