Paulien Hogeweg
Paulien Hogeweg | |
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| Born | 24 December 1943 (age 81) |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Alma mater | Universiteit van Amsterdam Utrecht University |
| Known for | coined the term Bioinformatics in 1970, Cellular Potts model |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | theoretical biologist, bioinformatics, prebiotic evolution, in silico evolution |
| Institutions | Utrecht University |
| Website | https://tbb.bio.uu.nl/ph/ |
Paulien Hogeweg (born 1943) is a Dutch theoretical biologist and complex systems researcher studying biological systems as dynamic information processing systems at many interconnected levels. In 1970, together with Ben Hesper, she defined the term bioinformatics as "the study of informatic processes in biotic systems".