About David Krakauer
Born 1967. David Krakauer is an American evolutionary biologist and university teacher.
David C. Krakauer (born December 28, 1967) is an American evolutionary biologist. He is the president and William H. Miller Professor of Complex Systems at the Santa Fe Institute.
Biography Born in Hawaii, Krakauer grew up in southern Portugal and moved to London, England, for secondary school.
He attended Royal Holloway University of London, where he earned degrees in computer science and mathematics. He received his DPhil in evolutionary theory from Oxford University in 1995, under the supervision of Alasdair Houston and Mark Pagel. He stayed on as a postdoctoral research fellow.
Krakauer was included in Wired Magazines Smart List 2012 as one of fifty people "who will change the world".
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