Richard Eimer Lenski was born on August 13,1956 and is an American evolutionary biologist, a Hannah Distinguished Professor of Microbial Ecology, Genetics and Evolution, and Evolution of Pathogen Virulence at Michigan State University.
10 Facts About Richard Lenski
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Richard Lenski is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a MacArthur fellow.
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Richard Lenski is well known for his pioneering work in studying evolution digitally using self-replicating organisms called Avida.
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Richard E Lenski is the son of sociologist Gerhard Lenski and poet Jean Lenski.
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Richard Lenski earned his BA from Oberlin College in 1976, and his PhD from the University of North Carolina in 1982.
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Richard Lenski is a fellow at the American Academy of Microbiology and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and holds the office Hannah Distinguished Professor of microbial ecology at Michigan State University.
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Richard Lenski was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2018.
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Richard Lenski was the recipient of the 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society for the Study of Evolution.
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The E coli long-term evolution experiment is an ongoing study in experimental evolution led by Richard Lenski that has been tracking genetic changes in 12 initially identical populations of asexual Escherichia coli bacteria since 24 February 1988.
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Richard Lenski strongly criticized Ham's citation of his work and the conclusions Ham drew from it.