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Aziz Sancar

1946 - Today

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Aziz Sancar (Turkish: [aˈziz ˈsandʒaɾ]; born 8 September 1946) is a Turkish molecular biologist specializing in DNA repair, cell cycle checkpoints, and circadian clock. In 2015, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with Tomas Lindahl and Paul L. Modrich for their mechanistic studies of DNA repair. He has made contributions on photolyase and nucleotide excision repair in bacteria that have changed his field. Sancar is currently the Sarah Graham Kenan Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and a member of the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aziz Sancar is the 316th most popular chemist (down from 213th in 2019), the 557th most popular biography from Türkiye (down from 422nd in 2019) and the most popular Turkish Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Aziz Sancar ranks 316 out of 602. Before him are Anders Gustaf Ekeberg, Nicolas Théodore de Saussure, William Henry, Fritz London, Anselme Payen, and Smithson Tennant. After him are Yuan T. Lee, Michael Smith, William Henry Perkin, Dan Shechtman, Tapputi, and Alexander Butlerov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Aziz Sancar ranks 162. Before him are Andrew Davis, Petre Roman, Norio Yoshimizu, Artur Jorge, Fancy, and Robby Krieger. After him are Alejandro Toledo, Anthony Daniels, Irena Szewińska, Brigitte Fossey, Alpha Oumar Konaré, and Paul Schrader.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Aziz Sancar ranks 557 out of 1,347. Before him are Princess Fahrelnissa Zeid (1901), Muzafer Sherif (1906), Bardaisan (154), Publius Servilius Vatia Isauricus (-120), Pharnaces I of Pontus (-300), and Hipponax (-600). After him are Sultan Kösen (1982), George Hamartolos (900), Leo the Deacon (950), Leo II, King of Armenia (1236), Jacob Baradaeus (505), and Nectarius of Constantinople (null).

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Among CHEMISTS In Türkiye

Among chemists born in Türkiye, Aziz Sancar ranks 1. 

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