Peter Schuster

Peter K. Schuster (born March 7, 1941) is a renowned biophysicist, known for his work with Manfred Eigen in developing the quasispecies model. Born in Vienna, Austria, his work has made great strides in the understanding of viruses and their replication, as well as theoretical mechanisms in the origin of life. He is full professor of theoretical chemistry at the University of Vienna, the founding director of the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology in Jena, Germany, as well as the current head of its Department of Molecular Evolutionary Biology.