Peter Agre, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Peter Agre

American chemist, recipient of Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Date of Birth: 30-Jan-1949

Place of Birth: Northfield, Minnesota, United States

Profession: physician, chemist, university teacher, molecular biologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Peter Agre (born January 30, 1949) is an American physician, Nobel Laureate, and molecular biologist, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and director of the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute.
In 2003, Agre and Roderick MacKinnon shared the 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "discoveries concerning channels in cell membranes." Agre was recognized for his discovery of aquaporin water channels.
Aquaporins are water-channel proteins that move water molecules through the cell membrane.
In 2009, Agre was elected president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and became active in science diplomacy.