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Ardem Patapoutian

1967 - Today

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Ardem Patapoutian (born 1 October 1967) is a Lebanese-American molecular biologist, neuroscientist, and Nobel Prize laureate of Armenian descent. He is known for his work in characterizing the PIEZO1, PIEZO2, and TRPM8 receptors that detect pressure, menthol, and temperature. Patapoutian is a neuroscience professor and Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator at Scripps Research in La Jolla, California. In 2021, he won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with David Julius. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ardem Patapoutian is the 751st most popular biologist (down from 492nd in 2019), the 100th most popular biography from Lebanon (down from 90th in 2019) and the most popular Lebanese Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Ardem Patapoutian ranks 751 out of 1,097. Before him are Miles Joseph Berkeley, Spencer Fullerton Baird, Erwin Stresemann, Richard Lewontin, Friedrich Reinitzer, and Francis Collins. After him are Heinrich Zollinger, James L. Peters, Johann Amman, Élie-Abel Carrière, Alexei Fedchenko, and Garrett Hardin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Ardem Patapoutian ranks 177. Before him are Marty Walsh, María Corina Machado, Roberto Rosetti, Megumi Hayashibara, Louis C.K., and Takehito Koyasu. After him are Joe Rogan, Jorge Dely Valdés, Markus Söder, Ľubomír Luhový, Virgílio do Carmo da Silva, and Sophie, Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein.

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In Lebanon

Among people born in Lebanon, Ardem Patapoutian ranks 100 out of 145. Before him are Fayza Ahmed (1934), Riad Al Solh (1894), Elie Saab (1964), Philip K. Hitti (1886), Mika (1983), and John Dolmayan (1973). After him are Giuseppe Simone Assemani (1686), Rula Ghani (1948), Nadine Labaki (1974), Steve Kerr (1965), Maher Zain (1981), and Mona Hatoum (1952).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Lebanon

Among biologists born in Lebanon, Ardem Patapoutian ranks 1. After him are Huda Zoghbi (1954).

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