Avram Hershko

Avram Hershko
Hershko in 1994
Born
Herskó Ferenc Ábrahám

(1937-12-31) December 31, 1937 (age 86)
Nationality
  • Hungary
  • Israel
Alma materHebrew University of Jerusalem
Known forUbiquitin-mediated protein degradation
Spouse
Judith Leibowitz
(m. 1963)
Children3
AwardsWeizmann Prize (1987)
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2004)
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry
InstitutionsTechnion, Haifa

Avram Hershko (Hebrew: אברהם הרשקו, romanizedAvraham Hershko, Hungarian: Herskó Ferenc Ábrahám;[1] born December 31, 1937) is a Hungarian-Israeli biochemist who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2004.

  1. ^ "Hungary's Nobel Prize Winners". www.mta.hu. Archived from the original on October 6, 2015. Retrieved September 22, 2021.