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BIOLOGIST

Robert Weinberg

1942 - Today

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Robert Allan Weinberg (born November 11, 1942) is a biologist, Daniel K. Ludwig Professor for Cancer Research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), director of the Ludwig Center of the MIT, and American Cancer Society Research Professor. His research is in the area of oncogenes and the genetic basis of human cancer. Robert Weinberg is also affiliated with the Broad Institute and is a founding member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Weinberg has received more than 152,923 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Robert Weinberg is the 799th most popular biologist (down from 791st in 2019), the 7,877th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,974th in 2019) and the 111th most popular American Biologist.

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  • 17

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  • 2.44

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Robert Weinberg ranks 799 out of 841Before him are Jan Sztolcman, Vladimir Leontyevich Komarov, John Lawrence LeConte, Karl Alfred von Zittel, Aimée Antoinette Camus, and Thomas Nuttall. After him are John Jacob Abel, Reginald Innes Pocock, Astrid Cleve, Michael Sars, August W. Eichler, and Émile Auguste Joseph De Wildeman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Robert Weinberg ranks 496Before him are Zygfryd Szołtysik, Petar Kirov, John Seale, Néstor Togneri, Philippe Gondet, and Pedro Solbes. After him are Ksenia Milicevic, Mike Summerbee, Bibi Besch, Robert Costanzo, Françoise Dürr, and Jo Vonlanthen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Weinberg ranks 7,877 out of 18,182Before him are Roma Maffia (1955), Daniel Henney (1979), Tim Powers (1952), Big Van Vader (1955), Robert A. Parker (1936), and Elizabeth Dole (1936). After him are Robert L. Forward (1932), Frank Robinson (1935), James Crafts (1839), Ty Hardin (1930), Christina Milian (1981), and Carol Kaye (1935).

Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Robert Weinberg ranks 111Before him are Sam Harris (1967), Sereno Watson (1826), Charles Conrad Abbott (1843), Judah Folkman (1933), Spencer Fullerton Baird (1823), and John Lawrence LeConte (1825). After him are John Jacob Abel (1857), Jane Colden (1724), Clinton Hart Merriam (1855), Wilfred Hudson Osgood (1875), Mary Katharine Brandegee (1844), and George Ord (1781).