Stanislas Leibler

Stanislas Leibler
Systems Biology
Professor
School of Natural Sciences

Stanislas Leibler has made important contributions to theoretical and experimental biology, successfully extending the interface between physics and biology to develop new solutions and approaches to problems. Interested in the quantitative description of microbial systems, both on cellular and population levels, Leibler is developing the theoretical and experimental methods necessary for studying the collective behavior of biomolecules, cells, and organisms. By selecting a number of basic questions about how simple genetic and biochemical networks function in bacteria, he and his laboratory colleagues are beginning to understand how individual components can give rise to complex, collective phenomena.

University of Paris, Ph.D. (Thèse de 3ème cycle) 1981, Ph.D. (Thèse d'Etat) 1984; Centre d'Études de Saclay, Visiting Researcher 1978–79, Research Associate 1979–84, Research Fellow 1984–92; Cornell University, Visiting Research Associate 1985–87; Princeton University, Professor 1992–2001; The European Molecular Biological Laboratory, Heidelberg, von Humboldt Fellow and Visiting Scientist 1997–98; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Investigator 2000–01; The Rockefeller University, Gladys T. Perkin Professor and Head of Laboratory 2001–; The Rockefeller University, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, and Weill Medical College at Cornell University, Tri-Institutional Professor 2003–; Institute for Advanced Study, Professor 2009–