BIOLOGIST

Craig Mello

1960 - Today

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Craig Cameron Mello (born October 18, 1960) is an American biologist and professor of molecular medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester, Massachusetts. He was awarded the 2006 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, along with Andrew Z. Fire, for the discovery of RNA interference. This research was conducted at the Carnegie Institution of Washington and published in 1998. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Craig Mello has received more than 187,260 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia. Craig Mello is the 534th most popular biologist (down from 472nd in 2019), the 4,785th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,638th in 2019) and the 77th most popular American Biologist.

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  • 50.99

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.63

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  • 3.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Craig Mello ranks 534 out of 1,097Before him are Johann Friedrich Naumann, Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider, Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal, Frederic Clements, Basilius Besler, and Gustav Radde. After him are William Curtis, Janaki Ammal, Franz Meyen, Marie Jules César Savigny, Paul Bert, and Oswald Heer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Craig Mello ranks 167Before him are Rimas Kurtinaitis, Ismail Sabri Yaakob, Mart Laar, Jean-Marc Barr, Oksana Zabuzhko, and RuPaul. After him are Tommy Thayer, Ian Rankin, Taneti Mamau, Stephen Daldry, Jenette Goldstein, and Doug Jones.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Craig Mello ranks 4,785 out of 20,380Before him are Lon L. Fuller (1902), Swoosie Kurtz (1944), John Mayer (1977), Huey P. Newton (1942), Jon Hamm (1971), and James A. Michener (1907). After him are Og Mandino (1923), Lauren German (1978), William Clark (1770), Gil Amelio (1943), Dom DeLuise (1933), and Jim Varney (1949).

Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Craig Mello ranks 77Before him are Elmer Drew Merrill (1876), Francis Collins (1950), Theodore Gill (1837), Daniel Giraud Elliot (1835), Arthur Cronquist (1919), and Frederic Clements (1874). After him are Alice Hamilton (1869), Mary Agnes Chase (1869), Barry Commoner (1917), Sewall Wright (1889), Harold E. Varmus (1939), and Garrett Hardin (1915).