Brian Kobilka

Quick Facts

Full Name	Brian Kobilka
Occupation	Chemist
Date Of Birth	May 30, 1955(1955-05-30)
Age	69
Birthplace	Little Falls
Country	United States
Birth City	Minnesota
Horoscope	Taurus

Brian Kobilka Biography

Brian Kobilka is one of the most popular and richest Chemist who was born on May 30, 1955 in Little Falls, Minnesota, United States. Recipient of in 2012 the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his research into G receptors that are protein-coupled. He is also co-founder of ConfometRx Biotechnology company.

He was awarded his Nobel Prize with his colleague He shared the Nobel Prize with his colleague Robert Lefkowitz…

Brian Kent Kobilka (born May 30, 1955) is an American physiologist and a recipient of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Robert Lefkowitz for discoveries that reveal the workings of G protein-coupled receptors. He is currently a professor in the department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology at Stanford University School of Medicine. He is also a co-founder of ConfometRx, a biotechnology company focusing on G protein-coupled receptors. He was named a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2011.

Kobilka is the 1994 recipient of the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics John J. Abel Award in Pharmacology. His GPCR structure work was named “runner-up” for the 2007 “Breakthrough of the Year” award from Science. The work was, in part, supported by Kobilka’s 2004 Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. He received the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Robert Lefkowitz for his work on G protein-coupled receptors.

He has two kids with His partner Tong Sun Thian.

Brian Kobilka Net Worth

Brian Kobilka is one of the richest Chemist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Brian Kobilka 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a student at the Yale School of Medicine and the University of Minnesota.

He worked for He used to work at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and he became a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2011. Medical Institute. He used to work at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and he became a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2011. Medical Institute and was an official member of the National Academy of Sciences in the year 2011.

Kobilka is from Little Falls in central Minnesota. Both his grandfather Felix J. Kobilka (1893–1991) and his father Franklyn A. Kobilka (1921–2004) were bakers and natives of Little Falls, Minnesota. Kobilka’s grandmother, Isabelle Susan Kobilka (née Medved, 1891–1980), belonged to the Medved and Kiewel families of Prussian immigrants, who from 1888 owned the historical Kiewel brewery in Little Falls. His mother is Betty L. Kobilka (née Faust, b. 1930).

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Brian Ranked on the list of most popular Chemist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Brian Kobilka celebrates birthday on May 30 of every year.