CHEMIST

Roderick MacKinnon

1956 - Today

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Roderick MacKinnon (born February 19, 1956) is an American biophysicist, neuroscientist, and businessman. He is a professor of molecular neurobiology and biophysics at Rockefeller University who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry together with Peter Agre in 2003 for his work on the structure and operation of ion channels. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Roderick MacKinnon is the 335th most popular chemist (up from 354th in 2019), the 2,612th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,983rd in 2019) and the 69th most popular American Chemist. Learn more about Roderick MacKinnon's academic impact at Rankless.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Roderick MacKinnon ranks 335 out of 602. Before him are Eilhard Mitscherlich, Tim Hunt, Karl Friedrich Mohr, Frederick Abel, François-Marie Raoult, and Martin Lowry. After him are Nils Gabriel Sefström, Clemens Winkler, Kristian Birkeland, Erwin Chargaff, Max Joseph von Pettenkofer, and Jean-Baptiste Boussingault.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Roderick MacKinnon ranks 85. Before him are Jens Fink-Jensen, Patricia Cornwell, Boris Akunin, Mimi Rogers, Rita Wilson, and Michael Biehn. After him are Luis Guzmán, Krystian Zimerman, Val Valentino, Sinbad, Jean-Pierre Thiollet, and Gregg L. Semenza.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roderick MacKinnon ranks 2,612 out of 20,380. Before him are Wendy Williams (1964), Pancho Gonzales (1928), Floyd Westerman (1936), Michael Biehn (1956), Michael W. Young (1949), and Debra Winger (1955). After him are Upton Sinclair (1878), Jason Bateman (1969), Carl Van Vechten (1880), Donna Murphy (1959), Frank Borman (1928), and William Carlos Williams (1883).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Roderick MacKinnon ranks 69. Before him are Dudley R. Herschbach (1932), Edwin G. Krebs (1918), Elias James Corey (1928), Joseph L. Goldstein (1940), Thomas Cech (1947), and Roger Y. Tsien (1952). After him are Frances Arnold (1956), Louis E. Brus (1943), Alexander Shulgin (1925), Alice Ball (1892), Albert Ghiorso (1915), and Edward Calvin Kendall (1972).

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