Michael A. Savageau (born 3 December 1940) is a Distinguished Professor in the Departments of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics and Biomedical Engineering at The University of California, Davis.

He was an avid hockey and tennis player through high school, and he has credited sports with teaching him valuable life and professional skills.

He also chaired the Department of Microbiology & Immunology from 1979 to 1985 and from 1992 to 2002 and was named the Nicolas Rashevsky Distinguished University Professor in 2002.

After moving to the University of California, Davis in 2003 he chaired the Department of Biomedical Engineering from 2005 to 2008[3] Savageau met fellow student Ann Birky, (currently Ann Savageau, an artist and professor of art and design), at Stanford and they were married in 1967.

Dr. Savageau’s honors include Guggenheim Fellow,[4] Fulbright Senior Research Fellow, Michigan Society of Fellows,[5] American Academy of Microbiology Fellow,[6] Foundation for Microbiology Lecturer, American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow,[7] American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering Fellow,[8] Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Fellow,[9] Moore Distinguished Scholar at the California Institute of Technology,[10] Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques Award, 79th Josiah Willard Gibbs Lecturer for the American Mathematical Society,[11] Stanislaw Ulam Distinguished Scholar Award from the Center for Non-Linear Studies, Los Alamos National Laboratory,[12] Member of the US National Academy of Medicine,[13] Honorary Doctor of Science, Universitat de Lleida, Spain,[14] The Michael A. Savageau Collegiate Professorship in Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics permanently endowed by the University of Michigan, the Akira Okubo Prize[15], and the establishment of the Michael A. Savageau Department Chair in Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics at the University of Michigan.[16].