# Venki Ramakrishnan

_Nobel prize winning American and British structural biologist_

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> Venkatraman Ramakrishnan  (born 1952) is an Indian origin British-American structural biologist. He shared the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Thomas A. Steitz and Ada Yonath for research on the structure and function of ribosomes.

## Quick facts

- **Born:** 4 April 1952 ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60061#P569))
- **Place of birth:** Chidambaram ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60061#P19))
- **Citizenship:** United States ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60061#P27))
- **Occupation:** biologist; chemist; biophysicist; biochemist; molecular biologist; Nobel Prize winner ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60061#P106))
- **Education:** Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda; Ohio University; University of California, San Diego ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60061#P69))
- **Official website:** mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/ribo/homepage/ramak/index.html ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60061#P856))
- **Positions held:** President of the Royal Society (2015–2020) ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60061#P39))
- **Awards:** Guggenheim Fellowship; Nobel Prize in Chemistry; Padma Vibhushan in Science & Engineering; Sir Hans Krebs Medal; EMBO Membership; Knight Bachelor; Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine; Order of Merit; Honorary member of the British Biophysical Society ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60061#P166))

## About

Since 1999, he has worked as a group leader at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, UK and is a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. He served as  President of the Royal Society from 2015 to 2020.

## Questions

**When was Venki Ramakrishnan born?**  
Venki Ramakrishnan was born on 4 April 1952 in Chidambaram.

**What positions has Venki Ramakrishnan held?**  
Positions held by Venki Ramakrishnan include: President of the Royal Society (2015–2020).

**Where did Venki Ramakrishnan study?**  
Venki Ramakrishnan was educated at Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Ohio University, University of California, San Diego.

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