BIOLOGIST

Martin Chalfie

1947 - Today

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Martin Lee Chalfie (born January 15, 1947) is an American scientist. He is University Professor at Columbia University. He shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with Osamu Shimomura and Roger Y. Tsien "for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Martin Chalfie has received more than 195,044 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Martin Chalfie is the 247th most popular biologist (down from 239th in 2019), the 2,324th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,531st in 2019) and the 46th most popular American Biologist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 55

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Martin Chalfie ranks 247 out of 1,097. Before him are Rudolf Vrba, Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini, William Aiton, Antoine Béchamp, Carl Correns, and Hermann Schlegel. After him are Johann Baptist von Spix, Henri Milne-Edwards, Richard Henderson, Alexander Georg von Bunge, Morten Thrane Brünnich, and Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Martin Chalfie ranks 155. Before him are Zdeněk Zeman, Giorgio Chinaglia, Margaret Chan, Muhyiddin Yassin, Ángel Nieto, and Jiro Taniguchi. After him are John Adams, Rob Reiner, Halldór Ásgrímsson, Mia Martini, Sandie Shaw, and Dan Quayle.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Martin Chalfie ranks 2,324 out of 20,380. Before him are Emma Stone (1988), Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815), Marshall Sahlins (1930), Myrna Loy (1905), Steve Vai (1960), and Louis E. Brus (1943). After him are Kenny Loggins (1948), Don Taylor (1920), Philly Joe Jones (1923), Hank Aaron (1934), John Adams (1947), and Henry H. Arnold (1886).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Martin Chalfie ranks 46. Before him are James Dwight Dana (1813), Clair Cameron Patterson (1922), George Smith (1941), Charles M. Rice (1952), Howard Martin Temin (1934), and James Rothman (1950). After him are Michael Rosbash (1944), Carol W. Greider (1961), James Bond (1900), Henrietta Lacks (1920), Eric F. Wieschaus (1947), and David Julius (1955).

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