Michael Waterman, Ph.D. USC Department of Mathematics 3620 Vermont Avenue, KAP108 Los Angeles, CA 90089-2532 +1(213)740-2408 msw@hto.usc.edu
Research Interests: Professor Waterman researches molecular sequence data using computational approaches. His work concentrates on the creation and application of mathematics, statistics and computer science to molecular biology, particularly to DNA, RNA, and protein sequence data. Professor Waterman is the co-developer of the Smith-Waterman algorithm for sequence comparison and of the Lander-Waterman formulas for physical mapping and sequencing.

Work

	Member  at  Board of Directors, Center for Applied Mathematical Sciences, University of Southern California
	Member  at  National Academy of Sciences
	Professor  at  Departments of Mathematics and Molecular Biology, University of Southern California

Education

	Ph.D.  at  Michigan State University (1969)