Leonid Peshkin

Leonid Leon Peshkin is a scientist working at the Systems Biology Department, Harvard Medical School. Peshkin's research interests include embryology, evolution and aging[1].

Leon Peshkin
Born8 May 1970 (1970-05-08) (age 50)
Moscow, Soviet Union
Alma materBrown University/Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD)
Scientific career
InstitutionsHarvard Medical School
ThesisReinforcement learning by policy search (2002)
Doctoral advisorLeslie Kaelbling
Other academic advisorsShimon Ullman
Websitehttps://scholar.google.com/citations?user=WMhS0lAAAAAJ


Early life and education

Born on 8 May 1970 in Moscow, Peshkin graduated from the Moscow "Lyceum Vtoraya Shkola" (Лице́й «Втора́я шко́ла») [] with advanced program in math and physics. His B.Sc. is from Moscow_Technological_University_(MIREA). He received his M.S. in Applied Mathematics from the Weizmann Institute of Science in 1995 advised by Shimon Ullman. Peshkin moved to the US in 1995 to study at the Brown University towards PhD in Artificial Intelligence. He followed his PhD advisor Leslie Kaelbling to MIT AI lab where he worked on his dissertation “Reinforcement Learning via Policy Search”. He got his Ph.D. in 2002 advised by Leslie Kaelbling.

Biting burglar

On March 17, 2011, Leon surprised a burglar at his home in Cambridge, MA. The burglar has bitten Leon on the wrist before getting subdued and ultimately handed over to the police. An incident got covered in local newspapers and television news[2].

Research

Leon's research and personal story was covered in a recent Boston Globe article [3][4]. His family contribution as genomic standard for the Genome in a Bottle program[5] was also cover by Genome magazine article[6]. His research in systems biology was covered in press releases from HMS [7][8] [9]. Leon's research on applications of Artificial Intelligence to biology of aging has been highlighted in an interview with the Life Extension Advocacy Foundation [10].


gollark: If I didn't occasionally run Minecraft and video transcoding and stuff I would replace my server with a Pi 4.
gollark: Might throttle a bit, though.
gollark: It *can* run off a phone charger.
gollark: They did fix it though.
gollark: Yes, that too.

References
  1. "Leonid Peshkin - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2018-06-24.
  2. MacLeod, Ken (17 March 2011). "Cambridge Man Fights Off Biting Burglar". CBS Boston. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
  3. Weintraub, Karen (20 Jun 2018). "A doctor wages personal and professional battles against aging". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 24 Jun 2018.
  4. "Anti-aging researcher faces loss of his inspiration: his 96-year-old father". STAT. 2018-06-20. Retrieved 2018-06-24.
  5. "GIAB". The Joint Initiative for Metrology in Biology. Retrieved 2018-06-24.
  6. "Genome in a Bottle". Genome Magazine. Retrieved 2018-06-24.
  7. "Stockpiling proteins | HMS". hms.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2018-06-24.
  8. "Striking a Chord | HMS". hms.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2018-06-24.
  9. "What is the difference between a buffalo and a bison? | HMS". ittakes30.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2018-12-17.
  10. Bagalà, Nicola (3 January 2019). "An Interview with Dr. Leonid Peshkin". Lifespan.io. Retrieved 2018-12-04.
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