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Robert Sapolsky

1957 - Today

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Robert Morris Sapolsky (born April 6, 1957) is an American academic, neuroscientist, and primatologist. He is the John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn Professor at Stanford University, and is a professor of biology, neurology, and neurosurgery. His research has focused on neuroendocrinology, particularly relating to stress. He is also a research associate with the National Museums of Kenya. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Sapolsky is the 479th most popular biologist (down from 464th in 2019), the 4,150th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,186th in 2019) and the 81st most popular American Biologist. Learn more about Robert Sapolsky's academic impact at Rankless.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Robert Sapolsky ranks 479 out of 1,097. Before him are Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey, Julius von Sachs, Akira Endo, John Hughlings Jackson, Heinrich Schrader, and W. D. Hamilton. After him are Georg Franz Hoffmann, Otto Wilhelm Thomé, Lucien Quélet, Ivan Regen, Benedykt Dybowski, and Lorenz Heister.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Robert Sapolsky ranks 135. Before him are Steve Harvey, Patrick Battiston, Bret Hart, Monte Melkonian, Dan Castellaneta, and María Conchita Alonso. After him are Nery Pumpido, Zhao Leji, Mark Gordon, Mary Bell, Jaco Van Dormael, and Marc Platt.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Sapolsky ranks 4,150 out of 20,380. Before him are Kamehameha V (1830), Ahmad Jamal (1930), Stephen Cole Kleene (1909), E. C. Segar (1894), William Larned (1872), and Jesse Jackson (1941). After him are Q-Tip (1970), Edward Bunker (1933), David Duke (1950), Robert H. Jackson (1892), Sean Flynn (1941), and Hardcore Holly (1963).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Robert Sapolsky ranks 81. Before him are Arthur Cronquist (1919), Robert Weinberg (1942), Robert Gallo (1937), Luther Burbank (1849), Sewall Wright (1889), and Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey (1863). After him are Wilder Penfield (1891), David Starr Jordan (1851), George Newbold Lawrence (1806), Mary Agnes Chase (1869), Nathaniel Lord Britton (1859), and Joseph Leidy (1823).

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