Robert Lefkowitz
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Robert Joseph Lefkowitz (born April 15, 1943) is an American physician (internist and cardiologist) and biochemist. He is best known for his discoveries that reveal the inner workings of an important family of G protein-coupled receptors, for which he was awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize for Chemistry with Brian Kobilka. He is currently an Investigator with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute as well as a James B. Duke Professor of Medicine and Professor of Biochemistry and Chemistry at Duke University.
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1943 birthsAmerican biochemistsAmerican Nobel laureatesAmerican people of Polish-Jewish descentColumbia College, Columbia University alumniColumbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons alumniDuke University School of Medicine facultyFellows of the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental TherapeuticsHoward Hughes Medical InvestigatorsJewish American medical doctorsJewish American scientists