Steve Horvath

Steve Horvath is a German–American aging researcher, geneticist, and biostatistician. He is a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles known for developing the Horvath aging clock, which is a highly accurate molecular biomarker of aging, and for developing weighted correlation network analysis. His work on the genomic biomarkers of aging, the aging process, and many age related diseases/conditions has earned him several research awards. Horvath is a principal investigator at the anti-aging startup Altos Labs and co-founder of nonprofit Clock Foundation.

Steve Horvath
Horvath presenting a talk in 2015
Born
OccupationProfessor of Human Genetics & Biostatistics
Known forDeveloping the epigenetic clock (Horvath clock) and weighted correlation network analysis
Academic background
Alma materTechnical University of Berlin
(BS)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
(PhD)
Harvard School of Public Health
(Sc.D)
Doctoral advisorRobert Brown Gardner
Nan Laird
Academic work
InstitutionsUCLA
Altos Labs
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