Jakub Karol Parnas

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Jakub Karol Parnas
Born	(1884-01-16)January 16, 1884 Tarnopol, Austria-Hungary
Died	January 29, 1949(1949-01-29) (aged 65) Moscow, Soviet Union
Nationality	Poland, USSR
Alma mater	Königlich Technische Hochschule Charlottenburg ETH Zurich
Known for	Embden–Meyerhof–Parnas pathway
Scientific career
Doctoral advisor	Richard Willstätter

Jakub Karol Parnas, also known as Yakov Oskarovich Parnas (Russian: Яков Оскарович Парнас; January 16, 1884 – January 29, 1949) was a prominent Polish–Soviet biochemist who contributed to the discovery of the Embden–Meyerhof–Parnas pathway, together with Otto Fritz Meyerhof and Gustav Embden. He became a Soviet activist after the annexation of Western Ukraine in 1939. He was arrested during the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee affair in 1949 and died in the prison, reportedly of heart attack.