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Arieh Warshel

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Arieh Warshel (Hebrew: אריה ורשל; born November 20, 1940) is an Israeli-American biochemist and biophysicist. He is a pioneer in computational studies on functional properties of biological molecules, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and holds the Dana and David Dornsife Chair in Chemistry at the University of Southern California. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arieh Warshel has received more than 185,481 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Arieh Warshel is the 256th most popular chemist (down from 221st in 2019), the 136th most popular biography from Israel (down from 118th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Israeli Chemist.

Arieh Warshel is most famous for being a Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry in 2013. He was awarded the prize with Michael Levitt and Martin Karplus for their work on computer simulations of chemical reactions.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Arieh Warshel ranks 256 out of 602. Before him are Joseph L. Goldstein, Bernard Courtois, Walter Gilbert, Andreas Libavius, Michael Polanyi, and Kikunae Ikeda. After him are Dudley R. Herschbach, Emil Abderhalden, Michael Smith, Feodor Lynen, Richard Smalley, and Edward W. Morley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Arieh Warshel ranks 103. Before him are Edward C. Prescott, Thomas A. Steitz, Joseph L. Goldstein, Sepp Piontek, Mate Boban, and Frida Boccara. After him are Víctor Erice, Fabrizio De André, Lothar de Maizière, Vladimir Cosma, Alan Kay, and Sadaharu Oh.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Arieh Warshel ranks 136 out of 466. Before him are Yigael Yadin (1917), Yuval Noah Harari (1976), Mariam Baouardy (1846), Yael Dayan (1939), Saint Petronilla (50), and Antiochus of Ascalon (-130). After him are Simeon of Jerusalem (100), Wadie Haddad (1927), Assi Dayan (1945), Menahem Golan (1929), Naji al-Ali (1937), and A. B. Yehoshua (1936).

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Among CHEMISTS In Israel

Among chemists born in Israel, Arieh Warshel ranks 2. Before him are Dan Shechtman (1941).

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