Selman Abraham Waksman

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1952

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

“for his discovery of streptomycin, the first antibiotic effective against tuberculosis”

Selman Abraham Waksman was a Ukrainian-born American biochemist and microbiologist. He received the 1952 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of streptomycin, the first antibiotic effective against tuberculosis. He worked at Rutgers University.

Field

Biology · Microbiology

Lifespan

1888–1973