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Rolf M. Zinkernagel

1944 - Today

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Rolf Martin Zinkernagel AC (born 6 January 1944) is a professor of experimental immunology at the University of Zurich. Along with Peter C. Doherty, he shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of how the immune system recognizes virus-infected cells. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rolf M. Zinkernagel is the 149th most popular physician (up from 162nd in 2019), the 86th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 111th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Swiss Physician. Learn more about Rolf M. Zinkernagel's academic impact at Rankless.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Rolf M. Zinkernagel ranks 149 out of 726. Before him are William Kaelin Jr., Jang-geum, Ferid Murad, Charles Best, Ryke Geerd Hamer, and Ibn Zuhr. After him are Theodor Billroth, Franz Joseph Gall, Erasistratus, George Emil Palade, Albrecht von Haller, and Howard Florey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Rolf M. Zinkernagel ranks 76. Before him are Serge Haroche, Antonio Damasio, Askar Akayev, Sylvie Vartan, Luigi Riva, and Kunishige Kamamoto. After him are Jonathan Demme, David J. Wineland, Marc Ouellet, R. Lee Ermey, Raymond Moody, and Udo Kier.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Rolf M. Zinkernagel ranks 86 out of 1,015. Before him are Roger Federer (1981), Niklaus Wirth (1934), Mario Botta (1943), H. R. Giger (1940), Carl Nägeli (1817), and Margareta of Romania (1949). After him are Gaspard Bauhin (1560), Ernest Bloch (1880), Alfred Cortot (1877), Johann Jakob Bachofen (1815), Nicholas of Flüe (1417), and Albrecht von Haller (1708).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Switzerland

Among physicians born in Switzerland, Rolf M. Zinkernagel ranks 8. Before him are Emil Theodor Kocher (1841), Franz Mesmer (1734), Eugen Bleuler (1857), Elisabeth Kübler-Ross (1926), Walter Rudolf Hess (1881), and Alexandre Yersin (1863). After him are Albrecht von Haller (1708), Friedrich Miescher (1844), Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672), Maximilian Bircher-Benner (1867), Heinrich Rudolf Schinz (1777), and Wilhelm His Sr. (1831).

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