Chris Adami

Christoph Carl Herbert "Chris" Adami (born August 30, 1962) is a professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, as well as professor of Physics and Astronomy, at Michigan State University. Adami was born in Brussels, Belgium, and graduated from the European School of Brussels I. He obtained a Diplom in Physics from the University of Bonn and an MA and a Ph.D. in Theoretical Nuclear Physics from Stony Brook University in 1991.^[1] He is best known for his work on Avida, an artificial life simulator used to study evolutionary biology ,^[2] and for applying the theory of information to physical and biological systems. He is also an adviser to the Microbes Mind Forum.

Honors

He received the NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal while serving at JPL, and was elected a Fellow of the AAAS in 2012.^[3]

Works

• Adami, C.; Belew, R.; Kitano, H.; Taylor, C. (1998). Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Artificial Life. MIT Press. 
• Adami, C. (1998). Introduction to Artificial Life. Springer Verlag. 
• Lenski, R. E.; Ofria, C.; Pennock, R. T.; Adami, C. (2003). "The evolutionary origin of complex features". Nature 423: 139–144. Bibcode:2003Natur.423..139L. doi:10.1038/nature01568. PMID 12736677. 

References

External links

• Adami's website at Michigan State University
• List of publications at Google Scholar
• The Evolutionary Origin of Complex Adaptive Features 2003 Nature Paper
• Christoph Adami at TED
  • TEDx Talk (2011)