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Dr. Stuart Kauffman, a pioneer and leading theorist in complexity science, has been researching genetic networks for more than 35 years. As the iCore Chair at University of Calgary, he leads a $9 million research program and is creating the world-class Institute for Biocomplexity and Informatics. Previously, Dr. Kauffman helped found Genesis Molecular Discovery, The Bios Group (acquired by NuTech Solutions), Genpathway, and Darwin Molecular (acquired by Celltech Group). Dr. Kauffman was a founding member of the Santa Fe Institute and serves as professor emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Dr. Kauffman has held a consulting position since 1985 with Los Alamos National Laboratory, where he conducted significant early work on chaos theory. A six-year MacArthur fellow, he is the author of Origins of Order (1993), At Home in the Universe (1995), and Investigations (2000). Dr. Kauffman received his M.D. from the University of California, San Francisco, and B.A. degrees from Dartmouth College and Oxford University. | 