Peter Schuster

Peter K. Schuster (born 7 March 1941) is a theoretical chemist known for his work with the German Nobel Laureate Manfred Eigen in developing the quasispecies model. His work has made great strides in the understanding of viruses and their replication, as well as theoretical mechanisms in the origin of life.

Peter K. Schuster
Born7 March 1941 (1941-03-07) (age 82)
NationalityAustrian
Alma materUniversity of Vienna (PhD, 1967)
Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
Known forTheory of molecular evolution
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical Biochemistry
InstitutionsUniversity of Vienna
Doctoral studentsMartin Nowak
Günter P. Wagner
Erich Bornberg-Bauer
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