Peter Schuster

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Peter K. Schuster
Born	7 March 1941 (1941-03-07) (age 83) Vienna, Austria
Nationality	Austrian
Alma mater	University of Vienna (PhD, 1967) Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
Known for	Theory of molecular evolution
Scientific career
Fields	Theoretical Biochemistry
Institutions	University of Vienna
Doctoral students	Martin Nowak Günter P. Wagner Erich Bornberg-Bauer

Peter K. Schuster (born 7 March 1941) is a theoretical chemist known for his work with the German Nobel Laureate Manfred Eigen in developing the quasispecies model. His work has made great strides in the understanding of viruses and their replication, as well as theoretical mechanisms in the origin of life.