work_institution birth_place name field birth_date residence article_title citizenship alma_mater
hubrecht institute zuidland , the netherlands alexander van oudenaarden biophysics , systems biology , synthetic biology 19 march 1970 the netherlands alexander van oudenaarden
 the netherlands delft ph.d. -rrb- university of technology -lrb- m.s. , m.s. ,
alexander van oudenaarden

alexander van oudenaarden -lrb- 19 march 1970 -rrb- is a dutch biophysicist and systems biologist .
he is a leading researcher in systems biology and synthetic biology , specialising in stochasticity in gene networks and actin dynamics .
in 2012 he started as director of the hubrecht institute and was awarded an erc advanced investigator award and nwo vici award .
in 2014 he became a member of the royal netherlands academy of arts and sciences -lrb- knaw -rrb- .
