1. Ardem Patapoutian was born on 1 October 1967 and is a Lebanese-American molecular biologist, neuroscientist, and Nobel Prize laureate of Armenian descent.
17 Facts About Ardem Patapoutian
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Ardem Patapoutian is known for his work in characterizing the PIEZO1, PIEZO2, and TRPM8 receptors that detect pressure, menthol, and temperature.
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Ardem Patapoutian was born to a Lebanese Armenian family in Beirut, Lebanon.
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Ardem Patapoutian's father, Sarkis Patapoutian, is a poet and an accountant, while his mother, Haiguhi Adjemian, was the principal of an Armenian school in Beirut.
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Ardem Patapoutian has a brother, Ara, and a sister, Houry.
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Ardem Patapoutian's grandparents settled in Lebanon from Hadjin after surviving the Armenian Genocide.
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Ardem Patapoutian is childhood friends with journalist and author Vicken Cheterian.
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Ardem Patapoutian attended the Demirdjian and Hovagimian Armenian schools in Beirut.
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Ardem Patapoutian enrolled at the American University of Beirut for a year before emigrating to the United States in 1986.
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Since 2014, Ardem Patapoutian has been an investigator for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
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Ardem Patapoutian, a naturalized US citizen, lives in Del Mar, California with his wife Nancy Hong, a venture capitalist, and son, Luca.
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Ardem Patapoutian's research is into the biological receptors for temperature and touch.
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Ardem Patapoutian made significant contributions to the identification of novel ion channels and receptors that are activated by temperature, mechanical forces or increased cell volume.
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Ardem Patapoutian has an h-index of 68 according to Google Scholar, and of 63 according to Scopus.
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Ardem Patapoutian has been a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science since 2016, a member of the National Academy of Sciences since 2017 and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 2020.
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In December 2021, Ardem Patapoutian received the American Academy of Achievement's Golden Plate Award presented by Awards Council member Frances Arnold.
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In 2022, Ardem Patapoutian was named by Carnegie Corporation of New York as an honoree of the Great Immigrants Award.