The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2008
Awarded on: 2008-10-06
"for their discovery of human immunodeficiency virus"
Affiliations:
- World Foundation for AIDS Research and Prevention – Paris, France
Luc Montagnier
Born: 1932-08-18 in Chabris, France
Gender: male
Field: French virologist and Nobel laureate (1932–2022)
Biography
Luc Montagnier was a French virologist and joint recipient, with Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Harald zur Hausen, of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). He worked as a researcher at the Pasteur Institute in Paris and as a full-time professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China.