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Peter Hegemann

Native name: Peter Hegemann

Also known as: Hegemann P, P. Hegemann, P Hegemann, Hegemann, Hegemann P.

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Place of birth:

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Birth date:

1954-12-11 • Birth Sign: Sagittarius

Citizenship:

Germany

Short Bio:

Peter Hegemann (born 11 December 1954) is a Hertie Senior Research Chair for Neurosciences and a professor of Experimental Biophysics at the Department of Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany. He is known for his discovery of channelrhodopsin, a type of ion channels regulated by light, thereby serving as a light sensor. This created the field of optogenetics, a technique that controls the activities of specific neurons by applying light.

He has received numerous accolades, including the Rumford Prize, the Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine, and the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research.

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professor university teacher biophysicist biochemist Münster Germany