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Kurt Wüthrich

1938 - Today

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Kurt Wüthrich (born 4 October 1938 in Aarberg, Canton of Bern) is a Swiss chemist/biophysicist and Nobel Chemistry laureate, known for developing nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) methods for studying biological macromolecules. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kurt Wüthrich is the 146th most popular chemist (down from 139th in 2019), the 63rd most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 82nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Swiss Chemist. Learn more about Kurt Wüthrich's academic impact at Rankless.

Kurt Wüthrich is most famous for his work in the field of molecular biology. His research has led to a better understanding of how cells divide and how DNA is repaired. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2002 for his work on the structure and function of the ribosome.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Kurt Wüthrich ranks 146 out of 602. Before him are Jean-Marie Lehn, Johan Gadolin, Michel Eugène Chevreul, Julius Lothar Meyer, Roger D. Kornberg, and Jerome Karle. After him are Johann Rudolf Glauber, Glenn T. Seaborg, Sune Bergström, Casimir Funk, Marshall Warren Nirenberg, and Hermann Kolbe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Kurt Wüthrich ranks 35. Before him are Vladimir Vysotsky, Mireille Darc, Jim Simons, Heinz Fischer, Frederick Forsyth, and Giorgetto Giugiaro. After him are Natalie Wood, Rod Laver, Bounnhang Vorachith, Liv Ullmann, Abulfaz Elchibey, and Fuad Masum.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Kurt Wüthrich ranks 63 out of 1,015. Before him are Richard R. Ernst (1933), Henry Fuseli (1741), Hermann Rorschach (1884), Auguste Piccard (1884), Michel Mayor (1942), and Johannes Itten (1888). After him are Werner Arber (1929), Hans Küng (1928), Ferdinand Hodler (1853), Gabriel Cramer (1704), Emil Jannings (1884), and Hans Albert Einstein (1904).

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Among CHEMISTS In Switzerland

Among chemists born in Switzerland, Kurt Wüthrich ranks 4. Before him are Albert Hofmann (1906), Paul Hermann Müller (1899), and Richard R. Ernst (1933). After him are Emil Abderhalden (1877), Jacques Dubochet (1942), Germain Henri Hess (1802), Nicolas Théodore de Saussure (1767), Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac (1817), Victor Goldschmidt (1888), Jacques-Louis Soret (1827), and Albert Eschenmoser (1925).

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