1. Bioinformaticion Extraordinaire

2.  Born 1944  United States Citizen  B.A. in Mathematics, Whitman College, Walla Walla Washington  M.S. in Computer Science, Whitman College  Ph.D. in Mathematics, University of Washington, 1969

3.  ’69-’80: Assistant professor Computer Science, Penn State  ’80-’87: Wrote books, worked at IBM, UC- Santa Barbara, University of Arizona  ‘87: Returned to Penn State, focused on computational biology

4.  Developer of BLAST with Gene Meyer  Developer of Genome Browser with David Haussler

5.  2009 Accomplishment by a Senior Scientist Award  Listed among the 2009 Time 100  Successfully sequenced the DNA of a woolly mammoth in 2008

6.  Sequencing genomes of rare, endangered, and extinct species including the woolly mammoth, Tasmanian tiger and the Tasmanian devil.  Hopes to understand their biology and prevent extinction of endangered species.