Hubert Hug

Hubert Hug, born in 1959 in Freiburg im Breisgau, is a molecular biologist and science-fiction author. His biological research took him, among other places, to Liverpool and Osaka. His work included the packaging of viral DNA, cloning, programmed cell death and biomolecular computers. These subjects also inform his science-fiction stories, which often deal with research theft and the criminal use of knowledge about molecular life processes. He has also written horror and fantasy novels and short stories.