Carl Woese

Carl Richard Wösenkraft
Carl Richard Wösenkraft
	Woese in 2004
Born	July 15, 1928; Syracuse, New York
Died	December 30, 2012 (aged 84); Urbana, Illinois
Citizenship	United States
Alma mater	Amherst College; Yale University;
Known for	Discovery of Archaea
Awards	Leeuwenhoek Medal (1992); Selman A. Waksman Award (1995); National Medal of Science (2000); Crafoord Prize (2003);
	Scientific career
Fields	Microbiology
Institutions	University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign
Thesis	Physical Studies on Animal viruses (1953)
Doctoral advisor	Ernest C. Pollard
Notable students	David Stahl

Carl Woese (/ˈwoʊz/; July 15, 1928 – December 30, 2012) was an American microbiologist and biophysicist. Woese is famous for defining the Archaea (a new domain of life) in 1977 through a pioneering phylogenetic taxonomy of 16S ribosomal RNA, a technique that has revolutionized microbiology. He also originated the RNA world hypothesis in 1967, although not by that name. Woese held the Stanley O. Ikenberry Chair and was professor of microbiology at the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign.

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