10/01/2003

Christophe Schilling Named One of the World’s Top Young Innovators by MIT’s Technology Review

Summary

Christophe Schilling, a Principal Investigator with research and Small Business Innovative Research grants from both the Office of Biological and Environmental Research and the Office of Advanced Scientific Computing Research, was just selected to the 2003 list of the world’s 100 Top Young Innovators by Technology Review, Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Magazine of Innovation. The scientists and engineers, chosen by the editors of Technology Review and an elite panel of judges, consists of 100 individuals under age 35 whose innovative work in technology has a profound impact on today’s world. Dr. Schilling is the Vice President and Chief Technology Officer with Genomatica, Inc., a leading in silico systems biology company. Dr. Schilling develops models of metabolic pathways in microorganisms, providing testable hypotheses and insight that have significantly altered understanding of the microbes being investigated for use in energy production, sequestration, and bioremediation.