Michael Levin (biologist)

Michael Levin
Levin in 2024
Born1969 (age 5556)
Alma materTufts University (BS)
Harvard University (PhD)
Known forLeft-right asymmetry, bioelectricity, morphogenesis, xenobots
AwardsCozzarelli prize (2020)
Scientific career
FieldsDevelopmental biology, synthetic biology
InstitutionsForsyth Institute
Tufts University
Wyss Institute
Harvard Medical School
Doctoral advisorClifford Tabin
Websitewww.drmichaellevin.org

Michael Levin an American developmental and synthetic biologist at Tufts University, where he is the Vannevar Bush Distinguished Professor. Levin is a director of the Allen Discovery Center at Tufts University and Tufts Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology. He is also co-director of the Institute for Computationally Designed Organisms with Josh Bongard.