Michael R. Rose

Michael R. Rose is a Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of California, Irvine. His main area of work has been the evolution of aging. His advisor was Brian Charlesworth. In 1991, his Evolutionary Biology of Aging appeared, offering a view of aging that was a complete departure from the views that had dominated the aging field since 1960^{[citation needed]}.

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Evolution described the field of gerontology as having become "after Rose"^{[citation needed]}. In 1997, Rose was awarded the Busse Research Prize by the World Congress of Gerontology. His most recent book is The Long Tomorrow: How Advances in Evolutionary Biology Can Help Us Postpone Aging.

References

• Faculty page at UC Irvine [1]
• Article in the New York Times, December 6, 2005 [2]