2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded to Turkish-Born Scientist Aziz Sancar
The 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Turkish-born U.S. citizen Prof. Dr. Aziz Sancar. Along with Aziz Sancar, the prize was also awarded to American Paul Modrich and Swede Tomas Lindahl. Aziz Sancar had made a breakthrough discovery of a "biological clock" for cancer treatment. Sancar, a faculty member at the University of North Carolina's Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, had made waves in the scientific community with his numerous scientific studies.
Who is Aziz Sancar?
Prof. Dr. Aziz Sancar was born in Mardin in 1946. Sancar graduated from Istanbul University's Faculty of Medicine in 1971, which he entered in 1963. Sancar, who went to the U.S. to continue his education, has been a faculty member at the University of North Carolina's Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics since 1997. Prof. Dr. Aziz Sancar has achieved a rare feat with nearly 300 scientific articles and over 12,000 citations to these articles.
Prof. Dr. Aziz Sancar will receive the Nobel Prize in Chemistry on December 10, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.