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Robert Lefkowitz

American physician and biochemist

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Robert Joseph Lefkowitz is an American physician and biochemist. He is best known for his discoveries that reveal the inner workings of an important family of G protein-coupled receptors, for which he was awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize for Chemistry with Brian Kobilka. He is currently an Investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute as well as a James B. Duke Professor of Medicine and Professor of Biochemistry and Chemistry at Duke University.

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Born
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Place of birth
The Bronx wd
Citizenship
United States wd
Occupation
biochemist, physician, university teacher, chemist, researcher wd
Education
Columbia University, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Bronx High School of Science, Duke University wd
Official website
lefkolab.org wd

Awards wd

  • Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2012)
  • Canada Gairdner International Award (1988)
  • National Medal of Science (2007)
  • John J. Abel Award (1978)
  • Albany Medical Center Prize (2007)
  • Endocrine Regulation Prize (2003)
  • Bristol-Myers Squibb Award for Distinguished Achievement in Cardiovascular Research (1992)
  • BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2009)
  • Scientific Grand Prize of the Lefoulon-Delalande Fondation (2003)
  • Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Award for Distinguished Contributions to Cardiovascular Research (2001)
  • The Louis and Artur Lucian Award in Cardiovascular Diseases (2000)
  • Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine (2007)
  • Jessie Stevenson Kovalenko Medal (2001)
  • Fred Conrad Koch Award (2001)
  • North Carolina Award for Science (1987)

Questions

When was Robert Lefkowitz born?
Robert Lefkowitz was born on 15 April 1943 in The Bronx.
Where did Robert Lefkowitz study?
Robert Lefkowitz was educated at Columbia University, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Bronx High School of Science, Duke University.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Robert Lefkowitz · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q80910 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: Robert Lefkowitz 1 2012 (cropped).jpg by Bengt Nyman (CC BY 2.0)

Last updated · facts checked 6 November 2026

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