Paul Wilhelm Karl Rothemund is a research professor at the Computation and Neural Systems department at Caltech.
He shared both categories of the 2006 Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology with Erik Winfree for their work in creating DNA nanotubes, algorithmic molecular self-assembly of DNA tile structures, and their theoretical work on DNA computing.
[3] Rothemund graduated from Laconia High School, New Hampshire, in 1990.
After graduating, Rothemund studied as an undergraduate at Caltech from 1990–1994, where he was a resident and member of Ricketts House.
"[4] His work on large-scale sculptures of his DNA origami was exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York from February 24 to May 12, 2008.