Robert Lefkowitz

Robert Joseph Lefkowitz (born April 15, 1943) is an American physician (internist and cardiologist) and biochemist. He is best known for his work with 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.

Category:1943 births
Category:American biochemists
Category:American physicians
Category:Jewish American scientists
Category:Columbia University alumni
Category:Scientists from New York City
Category:Living people
Category:Nobel Prize in Chemistry winners