NLM’s Altschul Named Scientist Emeritus

Dr. Stephen Altschul

NLM recently announced the appointment of Dr. Stephen Altschul as a scientist emeritus at NIH. He is the first NLM intramural investigator to receive the honor. 

In this role, Altschul will continue to collaborate with scientists inside and outside NIH, complete existing and join new research projects and write and review scientific journal articles.

Altschul retired as a senior investigator in the Computational Biology Branch at the National Center for Biotechnology Information in September 2020. Over the course of 35 years at NLM, he managed a robust bioinformatics research portfolio.