“Just as Lewis and Clark set forth to explore a continent shrouded in mysterious possibility, Charles De Lisi pioneered the exploration of a modern-day frontier, the human genome. Thanks to Charles De Lisi’s vision and leadership, in the year 2000, we announced the complete sequencing of the human genome. And researchers are now closer than ever to finding therapies and cures for ailments once thought untreatable.”
— President Bill Clinton
Visionary leadership that launched one of science's most ambitious endeavors.
Transformed Boston University's College of Engineering into a research powerhouse.
Pioneered mathematical approaches to understanding biological systems.
Charles De Lisi, PhD.
Metcalf Professor of Science and Engineering
Boston University
College of Engineering
Boston, MA