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Michael Levitt
biophysicist and Professor of Structural biology / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Michael Levitt, FRS (Hebrew: מיכאל לויט; born 9 May 1947) is a South African biophysicist. He is a professor of structural biology at Stanford University, a position he has held since 1987.[11][12] Levitt received the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.[13]
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![]() Levitt during the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences press conference in Stockholm in December 2013 | |
Born | (1947-05-09) 9 May 1947 (age 77)[1] Pretoria, South Africa |
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Education | Pretoria Boys High School |
Alma mater | King's College London (BScs) University of Cambridge (PhD) |
Spouse | Shoshan Brosh |
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Thesis | Conformation analysis of proteins (1972) |
Doctoral advisor | Robert Diamond[6] |
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Website | csb med |
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