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Roger Y. Tsien

1952 - 2016

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Roger Yonchien Tsien (pronounced , "CHEN"; February 1, 1952 – August 24, 2016) was an American biochemist. He was a professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of California, San Diego and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2008 for his discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, in collaboration with organic chemist Osamu Shimomura and neurobiologist Martin Chalfie. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roger Y. Tsien has received more than 431,295 page views. His biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2019). Roger Y. Tsien is the 346th most popular chemist (up from 355th in 2019), the 2,761st most popular biography from United States (up from 3,257th in 2019) and the 69th most popular American Chemist.

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  • 4.25

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Roger Y. Tsien ranks 346 out of 602. Before him are Alexander Mikhaylovich Zaytsev, Charles Macintosh, Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac, Karl Friedrich Mohr, Carl Reichenbach, and Pierre Joseph Pelletier. After him are Carl Djerassi, Charles Hatchett, Louis Camille Maillard, Julia Lermontova, Viktor Meyer, and George Sarton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Roger Y. Tsien ranks 141. Before him are Uljana Semjonova, Lars Peter Hansen, Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria, Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem, Dirceu, and Chuck Lorre. After him are Yoshitaka Amano, Paul Reubens, Rex Tillerson, Marilyn Chambers, David A. Stewart, and Mustafa Abdul Jalil. Among people deceased in 2016, Roger Y. Tsien ranks 140. Before him are Gato Barbieri, Fredrik Barth, Neville Marriner, Maurice White, Loris Francesco Capovilla, and Gordie Howe. After him are Arthur Hiller, Chus Lampreave, Piet de Jong, Anker Jørgensen, Silvana Pampanini, and Trifon Ivanov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roger Y. Tsien ranks 2,761 out of 20,380. Before him are John Savage (1949), R. Kelly (1967), Tito Jackson (1953), Tom Fogerty (1941), Chris Kyle (1974), and Scottie Pippen (1965). After him are Alfred Bester (1913), Delmer Daves (1904), Karl Malone (1963), Melissa Gilbert (1964), Erich Segal (1937), and Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834).

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Among CHEMISTS In United States

Among chemists born in United States, Roger Y. Tsien ranks 69. Before him are Thomas Cech (1947), Alexander Shulgin (1925), Alice Ball (1892), William E. Moerner (1953), Louis E. Brus (1943), and Frances Arnold (1956). After him are Roderick MacKinnon (1956), Edward Calvin Kendall (1972), Allen J. Bard (1933), Albert Ghiorso (1915), Frank Wigglesworth Clarke (1847), and George Washington Carver (1864).

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