Aaron Ciechanover

Aaron Ciechanover (/ɑːhəˈroʊn tʃiˈhɑːnoʊvɛər/ (listen) AH-hə-ROHN chee-HAH-noh-vair; Hebrew: אהרן צ'חנובר; born October 1, 1947) is an Israeli biologist. He won the Nobel prize in Chemistry for characterizing the method that cells use to degrade and recycle proteins using ubiquitin.^[1][2]

Aaron Ciechanover
Ciechanover in 2014
Born	(1947-10-01) October 1, 1947 (age 77) Haifa, British Mandate of Palestine (now Israel)
Nationality	Israeli
Alma mater	Hadassah Medical School M.S. 1971; M.D. 1974 Technion-Israel Institute of Technology D.Sc
Known for	Ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation
Spouse	Menucha Ciechanover
Awards	Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2004) ForMem, NAS
Scientific career
Fields	Biology
Institutions	Technion, Israel NCKU, Taiwan

He was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 2009.^[3]