Martin Chalfie
Martin Chalfie | |
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Chalfie in 2018 | |
| Born | Martin Lee Chalfie January 15, 1947 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Citizenship | American |
| Education | Harvard University (BA, PhD) |
| Known for | Green fluorescent protein |
| Spouse | Tulle Hazelrigg |
| Awards | E. B. Wilson Medal (2008) Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2008) Golden Goose Award (2012) Foreign Member of the Royal Society (2018) Lomonosov Gold Medal (2018) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Neurobiology |
| Institutions | Columbia University Laboratory of Molecular Biology University of Cambridge |
| Thesis | Regulation of catecholamine biosynthesis and secretion in a rat pheochromocytoma (1977) |
| Doctoral advisor | Robert L. Perlman |
| Website | biology |
Martin Lee Chalfie (born January 15, 1947) is an American scientist. He is University Professor at Columbia University. He shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with Osamu Shimomura and Roger Y. Tsien "for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP". He holds a PhD in neurobiology from Harvard University.