BIOLOGIST

Ardem Patapoutian

1967 - Today

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Ardem Patapoutian (born 1967) is a Lebanese-American molecular biologist, neuroscientist, and Nobel Prize laureate of Armenian descent. He is known for his work in characterizing the PIEZO1, PIEZO2, and TRPM8 receptors that detect pressure, menthol, and temperature. Patapoutian is a neuroscience professor and Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator at Scripps Research in La Jolla, California. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ardem Patapoutian has received more than 340,202 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Ardem Patapoutian is the 492nd most popular biologist (up from 838th in 2019), the 90th most popular biography from Lebanon (up from 109th in 2019) and the most popular Lebanese Biologist.

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  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 3.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Ardem Patapoutian ranks 492 out of 1,097. Before him are Joseph Franz von Jacquin, Otto Wilhelm Thomé, Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel, Bertha Lutz, George Arnott Walker-Arnott, and Johann Georg Wagler. After him are Elmer Drew Merrill, Moritz Wagner, Wilhelm Pfeffer, Charles De Geer, George Prideaux Robert Harris, and Jules Émile Planchon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Ardem Patapoutian ranks 117. Before him are Naser Orić, Yordan Letchkov, Sue Gardner, Chris Benoit, Layne Staley, and Michael Johnson. After him are Melanie Thornton, Olafur Eliasson, Steve Zahn, Jonathan Littell, Sophie, Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein, and Ciro Ferrara.

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In Lebanon

Among people born in Lebanon, Ardem Patapoutian ranks 90 out of 145. Before him are Bashir Shihab II (1767), Nancy Ajram (1983), Butrus al-Bustani (1819), Fayza Ahmed (1934), Tigran Mansurian (1939), and Rashid Karami (1921). After him are Steve Kerr (1965), Charles Malik (1906), Raphaël Bedros XXI Minassian (1946), Said Akl (1911), Amal Clooney (1978), and Giuseppe Simone Assemani (1686).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Lebanon

Among biologists born in Lebanon, Ardem Patapoutian ranks 1. After him are Huda Zoghbi (1954).

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