The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1946
Awarded on: 1946-10-31
"for the discovery of the production of mutations by means of X-ray irradiation"
Affiliations:
- Indiana University – Bloomington, IN, USA
Hermann Joseph Muller
Born: 1890-12-21 in New York, NY, USA
Gender: male
Field: American biologist (1890–1967)
Biography
Hermann Joseph Muller was an American geneticist who was awarded the 1946 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, "for the discovery that mutations can be induced by X-rays". Muller warned of long-term dangers of radioactive fallout from nuclear war and nuclear testing, which resulted in greater public scrutiny of these practices.