Scientist. Born in Montclair, New Jersey, he was awarded the 1958 Nobel Prize (at age 33) for his pioneering research in bacterial genetics. His work became the basis for genetic engineering, modern biotechnology and genetic approaches to medicine. He is remembered as one of the founders of molecular biology, a discipline that has begun to unlock the secrets of how organisms live and reproduce. An advisor to top government policymakers on science, he also lectured widely, ran Rockefeller University from 1978 to 1990 and was a consultant to NASA on the Viking space missions to Mars. He helped introduce computers and artificial intelligence into laboratory research and biomedical communication to enhance results. Lederberg was awarded the National Medal of Science in 1989 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2006. He died in New York City of complications from pneumonia.
Scientist. Born in Montclair, New Jersey, he was awarded the 1958 Nobel Prize (at age 33) for his pioneering research in bacterial genetics. His work became the basis for genetic engineering, modern biotechnology and genetic approaches to medicine. He is remembered as one of the founders of molecular biology, a discipline that has begun to unlock the secrets of how organisms live and reproduce. An advisor to top government policymakers on science, he also lectured widely, ran Rockefeller University from 1978 to 1990 and was a consultant to NASA on the Viking space missions to Mars. He helped introduce computers and artificial intelligence into laboratory research and biomedical communication to enhance results. Lederberg was awarded the National Medal of Science in 1989 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2006. He died in New York City of complications from pneumonia.
Bio by: Fred Beisser
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