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Arieh Warshel

1940 - Today

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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 170,096 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Arieh Warshel is the 221st most popular chemist (down from 200th in 2019), the 121st most popular biography from Israel (down from 120th 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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  • 170k

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  • 59.51

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  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Arieh Warshel ranks 221 out of 509Before him are Elias James Corey, Osamu Shimomura, Kaoru Ishikawa, Jacques Dubochet, Leo Baekeland, and Michael Smith. After him are John Pople, Alfred G. Gilman, Herbert C. Brown, Franz Karl Achard, John Cornforth, and Charles J. Pedersen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Arieh Warshel ranks 91Before him are Lothar de Maizière, Anthony Fauci, Brian Josephson, Mamnoon Hussain, Roger Ailes, and Nobuyoshi Araki. After him are Clive Sinclair, Max Mosley, Joseph L. Goldstein, Régis Debray, Vladimir Cosma, and Frida Boccara.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Arieh Warshel ranks 121 out of 430Before him are Leila Khaled (1944), Yuval Noah Harari (1976), Judah ha-Nasi (135), Al-Maqdisi (945), Barak (null), and David Grossman (1954). After him are Mariam Baouardy (1846), Frederick VI, Duke of Swabia (1167), Antigonus II Mattathias (-100), Maria of Montferrat (1192), Sextus Julius Africanus (160), and Tzipi Livni (1958).

Among CHEMISTS In Israel

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