Peter Hegemann - Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — 2026
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Peter Hegemann

Prize
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — 2026
for their discoveries concerning light-gated ion channels and optogenetics
Citizenship
GermanyGermany
Languages
German
date of birth
12/11/1954
place of birth
Münster
Age
71 years
occupation
  • professor
  • biophysicist
  • university teacher
  • biochemist
educated at
  • Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry
    • academic degree: doctorate
    • start time: 1980
    • end time: 1984
employer
  • Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
  • University of Regensburg
  • University of Regensburg
    • start time: 1/1/1993
    • end time: 12/31/2004
  • Syracuse University
  • Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry
member of
  • German Academy of Science and Engineering
  • Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
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