Gad Avigad
{{Short description|Israeli biochemist (born 1930)}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Gad Avigad
| native_name = גד אביגד
| native_name_lang = he
| birth_date = 1930
| birth_place = Jerusalem, Israel
| nationality = Israeli
| fields = Biochemistry
| workplaces = Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
| alma_mater = Hebrew University of Jerusalem
| awards = Israel Prize in exact sciences (1957)
| known_for = Biochemistry research
| parents = Nahman Avigad (father)
}}
Gad Avigad ({{Langx|he|גד אביגד}}; born 1930) is an Israeli biochemist.
Biography
Avigad was born in 1930 in Jerusalem. He studied at the Hebrew University High School.{{Cite web |title=הוקרה ופרסים |url=https://www.leyada.net/%D7%94%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%94-%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%9D-2/ |access-date=2025-05-31 |website=בית הספר התיכון ליד האוניברסיטה |language=he-IL}} At 17, he joined the ranks of the Palmach. He studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, receiving a doctorate in 1958.
Avigad was Associate Professor of Biochemistry at the Hebrew University and, in 1967, moved to the United States and taught at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Jersey.
Awards
In 1957, Avigad was awarded the Israel Prize, in exact sciences, jointly with Shlomo Hestrin and David Sidney Feingold, with whom he studied.{{Cite web|title=Israel Prize Official Site - Recipients in 1957 (in Hebrew) |url=http://cms.education.gov.il/EducationCMS/Units/PrasIsrael/Tashyag/Tashkab_Tashyag_Rikuz.htm?DictionaryKey=Tashyaz |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110901214251/http://cms.education.gov.il/EducationCMS/Units/PrasIsrael/Tashyag/Tashkab_Tashyag_Rikuz.htm?DictionaryKey=Tashyaz |archive-date=2011-09-01 }}
Personal Life
Gad is the son of Israeli archeologist Nahman Avigad.
References
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See also
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Category:Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni
Category:Academic staff of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Category:Israel Prize in exact science recipients
Category:Israel Prize in exact science recipients who were biochemists
Category:21st-century Israeli Jews
Category:Scientists from Jerusalem
Category:Hebrew University Secondary School alumni
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