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title: Alums Named to Time Magazine’s 2022 List of 100 Most Influential People
date: 2022-05-24T16:30:00-04:00
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# Alums Named to Time Magazine’s 2022 List of 100 Most Influential People

*May 24, 2022* — by [Maryland Today Staff](/author/maryland-today-staff)


> Computer Scientists Helped Finally Finish Sequencing of Human Genome

*I Stock 1139572066 1920x1080 — Two UMD computer science alums helped fill in the remaining gaps in the human genome sequence, opening up new possibilities for disease treatments and winning a spot in Time's list of 100 most influential people in 2022.*

Two University of Maryland alums who helped sequence the first complete human genome joined Apple’s Tim Cook, ice skater Nathan Chen and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky among the luminaries named Monday to *Time*magazine’s 2022 list of [100 most influential](https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2022/) people.

Adam Phillippy M.S. ’08, Ph.D. ’10 (below), a bioinformatician at the National Human Genome Research Institute, and Michael Schatz M.S. ’08, Ph.D. ’10 (below, lower image), a computational biologist at Johns Hopkins University, [were recognized with colleagues](https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2022/6177818/evan-eichler-karen-miga-adam-phillippy-michael-schatz/) Karen Miga and Evan Eichler for leading an international team of scientists that completed the feat. Both Terps are genomics experts who completed their doctoral training at UMD’s [Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology](https://www.cbcb.umd.edu/) (CBCB).


*Adam Phillippy headshot*


*Michael Schatz headshot*




**Topics:** [People](https://today.umd.edu/tags/people)


**Tags:** [Alumni](https://today.umd.edu/topic/alumni), [Biology](https://today.umd.edu/topic/biology), [Computer Science](https://today.umd.edu/topic/computer-science)


**Units:** [College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences](https://today.umd.edu/topic/college-computer-mathematical-and-natural-sciences)