Ron Milo
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| Born | February 1975 (age 51) |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Hebrew University of Jerusalem Weizmann Institute of Science |
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| 🌐 Website | www |
Ron Milo (Hebrew: רון מילוא; born February 11, 1975) is a Professor of Systems Biology at the Weizmann Institute of Science. He is Weizmann Dean of Education[1], the chairperson of the Israel society of ecology and environmental sciences[2] and the director of the Institute for environmental sustainability [3] at Weizmann. Formerly he was the chairperson of the Israel young academy[4] and the science and technology committee in the ministry of education of Israel.
Education
Ron Milo was born in Haifa and educated in Kfar-Saba. At the age of 15 he won the National Physics Olympiad. He holds a bachelor's degree with honors in physics and mathematics from the Hebrew University as part of the Talpiot program, a master's degree in electrical engineering from Tel Aviv University and a PhD in the laboratory of Professor Uri Alon at the Weizmann Institute of Science. Between 2006-2008 Milo was the first Harvard Systems Biology Fellow at Harvard Medical School.
Research
Milo harnesses the tools of quantitative thinking and systems biology to find solutions to the challenges of sustainability[5]. Milo’s goal is improving the ability of humanity to produce food more efficiently by creating new ways to fixate carbon dioxide from the air. His group demonstrated for the first time an ability to convert carbon dioxide into sugar in a synthetically engineered E. coli[6].
Milo also leads a global accounting of biomass on earth giving a fresh perspective on the impact of humanity and the future of biodiversity[7]. His work on the biomass distribution on Earth[8] is widely cited for example in BBC documentaries and served for an exhibition in the museum of Natural history in London. He also quantified the land, irrigation water use, and greenhouse gas emissions of dietary choices, and the needed changes required to minimize our impact on the planet.
His book “Cell Biology by the Numbers”,[9] is freely available online and was translated to multiple languages. He is the founder of BioNumbers[10], the database of useful biological numbers[11]. His papers were cited over 50,000 times[12].
Awards
- European Molecular Biology Organization membership (2019)[13]
- Weizmann Institute Scientific Council Award (2013)[14]
- Thomson-Reuters International Excellence in Scientific Research Recognition for 2000-2009 (based on ISI highly cited paper)
- GE & Science Prize for Young Life Scientists "All Other Countries" category winner (2006)[15]
References
- ↑ Weizmann website
- ↑ The Israel Society of Ecology and Environmental Sciences
- ↑ Institute for environmental sustainability
- ↑ Israel Young Academy website
- ↑ Milo lab
- ↑ Gleizer, S., Ben-Nissan, R., Bar-On, Y. M., Antonovsky, N., Noor, E., Zohar, Y., ... & Milo, R. (2019).Conversion of Escherichia coli to generate all biomass carbon from CO2. Cell, 179(6), 1255-1263
- ↑ Elhacham, E., Ben-Uri, L., Grozovski, J., Bar-On, Y. M., & Milo, R. (2020). Global human-made mass exceeds all living biomass. Nature, 588(7838), 442-444.
- ↑ Bar-On, Y. M., Phillips, R., & Milo, R. (2018). The biomass distribution on Earth. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(25), 6506-6511.
- ↑ Cell Biology by the Numbers
- ↑ BioNumbers
- ↑ BioNumbers
- ↑ Google Scholar
- ↑ EMBO website
- ↑ Weizmann website
- ↑ Science website, Grand prize winners, 2006
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