Historical FigureMale
Raphael Mechoulam
1930 – 2023
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryRaphael Mechoulam was a Bulgarian-born Israeli organic chemist and a professor in the Department of Natural Materials at the School of Pharmacy in the Faculty of Medicine of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Mechoulam served as Rector of the university from 1979–1982. He was elected to the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities in 1994 and served as its scientific chair from 2007-2013. He was a recipient of the Israel Prize for Chemistry Research in 2000 and the Harvey Prize for 2019-2020.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
November 5, 1930
Sofia
Date of death
March 9, 2023
Jerusalem
Citizenship
Israel
Occupations & fields
chemistphysicianuniversity teacher
Awards & honours
Israel Prizehonorary doctor of the University of Madrid ComplutenseThe EMET Prize for Art, Science and CultureRothschild Prizehonorary doctor of the Ohio State Universityhonorary doctorate of the Weizmann Institute of Science
- Field and occupation
- Izraelský biochemik, profesor, působil na Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Izrael. Je známý především díky své práci na izolaci tetrahydrokanabinolu (THC) a četným studiím o účincích konopí a kanabinoidů. Je spoluzakládajícím členem International Asso
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