Aaron Ciechanover

Aaron Ciechanover ForMem, NAS
Ciechanover in 2014
Born	(1947-10-01) October 1, 1947 (age 77) Haifa, Mandatory Palestine (now Israel)
Education	Hebrew University of Jerusalem (MS, MD) Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (D.Sc)
Known for	Ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation
Spouse	Menucha Ciechanover
Awards	Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2004) Israel prize (2003) EMET Prize (2002)
Scientific career
Fields	Biology
Institutions	Technion, Israel NCKU, Taiwan

Aaron Ciechanover (/ɑːhəˈroʊn tʃiˈhɑːnoʊvɛər/ ^ⓘ AH-hə-ROHN chee-HAH-noh-vair; Hebrew: אהרן צ'חנובר; born October 1, 1947) is an Israeli biologist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for characterizing the method that cells use to degrade and recycle proteins using ubiquitin.