Ephraim Katchalski-Katzir
Ephraim Katchalski-Katzir · Science & Medicine
Biophysicist and pioneer of protein research who served as the fourth President of Israel.
1916, Kiev, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) — 2009, Rehovot, Israel
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Ephraim Katchalski-Katzir is recognized among Israeli contributors to Science & Medicine — Biophysicist and pioneer of protein research who served as the fourth President of Israel.
Ephraim Katchalski-Katzir was a pioneering biophysicist whose research on synthetic polymers of amino acids advanced the understanding of proteins and enabled immobilized-enzyme technology. He served as the fourth President of Israel (1973–1978). Jewish, he immigrated to Mandatory Palestine as a child and helped build Israeli science at the Weizmann Institute.
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Biophysicist and pioneer of protein research who served as the fourth President of Israel.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
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