Richard Axel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Richard Axel

molecular biologist

Date of Birth: 02-Jul-1946

Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Profession: neurologist, university teacher, biochemist

Nationality: United States, Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Richard Axel (born July 2, 1946) is an American molecular biologist and university professor in the Department of Neuroscience at Columbia University and investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
His work on the olfactory system won him and Linda Buck, a former postdoctoral research scientist in his group, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2004.