February 1, 2007

Charles Ofria, director of the MSU Digital Evolution Laboratory and assistant professor of computer science and engineering, has received an NSF CAREER Award for his project "Digital Evolution and Biocomplexity: From biological theory to computational applications." The goals for this project are to understand the processes by which evolution designs complex functions in the natural world, and to apply this knowledge to solving computational problems.

The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program, the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious award for new faculty members, recognizes and supports the early career-development activities of teacher-scholars who are most likely to become the academic leaders of the 21st century. Awardees are selected on the basis of creative career-development plans that effectively integrate research and education within the context of the mission of their institution.

NSF Award Abstract