Steven Benner, Ph.D.

Dr. Steven Benner is an award-winning biochemist who has published hundreds of research papers in the fields of chemistry and synthetic biology.

He earned his master's degree in molecular biophysics and biochemistry from Yale University, and a Ph.D. in chemistry from Harvard.  Dr. Benner was also a professor at Harvard University, ETH Zurich, and most recently at the University of Florida.

He's founded multiple companies, including The Westheimer Institute of Science and Technology, EraGen Biosciences and Firebird BioMolecular Sciences.

Throughout his career, he initiated synthetic biology as a field, invented dynamic combinatorial chemistry, established paleomolecular biology, and helped found evolutionary bioinformatics.

He now works at the Foundation For Applied Molecular Evolution in Alachua, Florida.

• Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution
• Wikipedia

• Life, the Universe, and the Scientific Method

• What Do Martians Do at Night?
• Why does the NASA Culture Still Get Viking 1976 Wrong?
• The BARSOOM Model for Life on Mars
• Spacek vs. Benner: Thanksgiving showdown about life on Mars

• Chemical Guidance in the Search for Past and Extant Life on Mars
• The Missing Organic Molecules on Mars