How old was Ada Yonath?

Ada Yonath died on August 31, 2026 at the age of 87.

When is Ada Yonath's birthday?

Ada Yonath was born on June 22, 1939.

Where was Ada Yonath born?

Ada Yonath was born in Jerusalem.

What is Ada Yonath's zodiac sign?

Ada Yonath's zodiac sign is Cancer.

What is Ada Yonath's nationality?

Ada Yonath is a citizen of Israel.

What does Ada Yonath do?

Ada Yonath is known as molecular biologist, chemist, university teacher, crystallographer.

Ada Yonath

Israeli chemist (1939–2026)

Died aged 87CancerIsrael

Biography

Ada Esther Yonath (Hebrew: עדה יונת, pronounced [ˈada joˈnat]; née Lifshitz; 22 June 1939 – 31 August 2026) was an Israeli crystallographer and Nobel laureate in chemistry, best known for her pioneering work on the structure of ribosomes. She was the director of the Helen and Milton A. Kimmelman Center for Biomolecular Structure and Assembly of the Weizmann Institute of Science.

In 2009, Yonath received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry along with Venkatraman Ramakrishnan and Thomas A. Steitz for her studies on the structure and function of the ribosome, becoming the first Israeli woman to win the Nobel Prize.

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Career highlights

Employers / organisations

University of Chicago
Weizmann Institut for Videnskab - Institut for Videnskabsundervisning

Awards & honours (24+)

Israel Prize
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Harvey Prize
Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize
Wilhelm Exner Medal
Wolf Prize in Chemistry
L'Oréal-UNESCO Award For Women in Science
Albert Einstein World Award of Science
Massry Prize
Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize
Silver Medal of the President of the Senate
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The EMET Prize for Art, Science and Culture
honorary doctor of Carnegie-Mellon University
honorary doctor of the University of Chile
Honorary doctor of the Technical University of Berlin
F. A. Cotton Medal
honorary doctor of the University of Hamburg
EMBO Membership
Esther Hoffman Beller Lectureship
Erna Hamburger Prize
Foreign Member of the Royal Society
Rothschild Prize
Marie Curie Medal

Quick answers about Ada Yonath

How old was Ada Yonath?: Ada Yonath died on August 31, 2026 at the age of 87.
When is Ada Yonath's birthday?: Ada Yonath was born on June 22, 1939.
Where was Ada Yonath born?: Ada Yonath was born in Jerusalem.
What is Ada Yonath's zodiac sign?: Ada Yonath's zodiac sign is Cancer.
What is Ada Yonath's nationality?: Ada Yonath is a citizen of Israel.
What does Ada Yonath do?: Ada Yonath is known as molecular biologist, chemist, university teacher, crystallographer.