Ludmil Alexandrov
{{Short description|Bulgarian-American scientist}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Ludmil Alexandrov
| birth_name = Ludmil B. Alexandrov
| fields = Computational Biology
Cancer Genomics
Mutagenesis
Ageing
Bioinformatics
| workplaces = Los Alamos National Laboratory
Wellcome Sanger Institute
UC San Diego
| alma_mater = University of Cambridge
| thesis_title = Signatures of mutational processes in human cancer
| thesis_url = ftp://ftp.sanger.ac.uk/pub/resources/theses/la2/alexandrov_ludmil_thesis.pdf
| thesis_year = 2014
| doctoral_advisor = Michael Stratton{{cite thesis|degree=PhD|publisher=University of Cambridge|url=http://ftp.sanger.ac.uk/pub/resources/theses/la2/alexandrov_ludmil_thesis.pdf|title=Signatures of mutational processes in human cancer|first= Ludmil|last=Alexandrov|date=2014|id={{EThOS|uk.bl.ethos.708130}}|website=sanger.ac.uk|oclc=1064595163}}
| known_for = Mutational signatures
| website = {{URL|https://profiles.ucsd.edu/ludmil.alexandrov}}
}}
Ludmil B. Alexandrov is a Bulgarian-American scientist and an associate professor at the University of California, San Diego.{{Cite web|url=http://be.ucsd.edu/content/welcome-dr-ludmil-b-alexandrov-bioengineering|title=Welcome Dr. Ludmil B. Alexandrov to Bioengineering {{!}} Bioengineering|website=be.ucsd.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-04-21}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/funding-for-researchers/how-we-deliver-research/grand-challenge-award/funded-teams-stratton|title=Funded team Stratton|date=2017-02-01|work=Cancer Research UK|access-date=2018-04-21|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/uncovering-the-origins-of-cancer/article_0942544b-a83d-5b9a-90f3-a073371d282f.html|title=Uncovering the origins of cancer|last=Mexican|first=Rebecca MossThe New|work=Santa Fe New Mexican|access-date=2018-09-25|language=en}}{{Google scholar id}}{{Cite web |title=The Alexandrov Lab - Team |url=https://alexandrov.cloud.ucsd.edu/team |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=alexandrov.cloud.ucsd.edu |language=en-US}}
Education
Alexandrov received his PhD from University of Cambridge in 2014.
Career and research
Alexandrov is known for developing the concept of mutational signatures together with Michael Stratton and colleagues at the Wellcome Sanger Institute.{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/25/health/dna-cancer-detective-partner/index.html|title=The DNA detectives who are hunting the causes of cancer|last=Mosaic|first=Kat Arney|work=CNN|access-date=2018-09-25}}
Alexandrov's research interests are in computational biology, cancer genomics, mutagenesis, ageing and bioinformatics. Alexandrov is one of the co-leaders of the Mutographs of Cancer project, a £20 million Grand Challenge Project funded by Cancer Research UK "to fill in the missing gaps to identify the unknown cancer-causing factors and reveal how they lead to cancer."{{Cite web|url=http://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/collaboration/mutographs-cancer-cruk-grand-challenge-project|title=Mutographs of Cancer - CRUK Grand Challenge Project {{!}} Wellcome Sanger Institute|website=www.sanger.ac.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-04-21}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/a18930160/the-causes-of-cancer/|title=One Guy With a Supercomputer Who's Chasing the Causes of Cancer|date=2018-03-19|work=Popular Mechanics|access-date=2018-09-23|language=en-US}}
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