Krzysztof Palczewski, Date of Birth

Krzysztof Palczewski

Polish pharmacologist

Date of Birth: 24-Jun-1957

Profession: researcher, pharmacologist, biochemist

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Krzysztof Palczewski is a Polish-American biochemist working at the University of California, Irvine.
In 2012 he was awarded Prize of the Foundation for Polish Science, the most prestigious scientific award for Polish scientists, for characterizing crystal structures of native and activated G protein-coupled receptor, rhodopsin, involved in eyesight.His MS and PhD, are from the University of Wroclaw and Technical University of Wroclaw, respectively (Poland).
His early posts were at the University of Florida and the Oregon Health Sciences University.
Dr.
Palczewski completed much of his pivotal research at the University of Washington.
In 2005 he moved to become the Chair and John H.
Hord professor of Pharmacology at Case Western Reserve University, where in 2016 he was appointed as Distinguished Professor of the Case Western Reserve University.
In 2018 he joined University of California, Irvine, and is leading the Center for Translational Vision Research. He is the founder of two drug discovery companies, Polgenix and Retinagenix.