Awards & Winners

Luc Montagnier

Date of Birth 18-August-1932
Place of Birth Chabris
(Indre)
Nationality France
Also know as Prof. Dr. Luc Montagnier
Profession Professor, Scientist, Researcher
Luc Antoine Montagnier is a French virologist and joint recipient with Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Harald zur Hausen of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the human immunodeficiency virus. A long-time researcher at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, he currently works as a full-time professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China. In 2009, Montagnier published two controversial research studies that some homeopaths claimed as support for homeopathy. Although Montagnier disputed any such support, many scientists greeted his claims with scorn and harsh criticism.

Awards by Luc Montagnier

Check all the awards nominated and won by Luc Montagnier.

2008


Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
(for their discovery of human immunodeficiency virus)

1987


Gairdner Foundation International Award
(For the identification and isolation of the virus causing acquired immune deficiency syndrome.)

1986


Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
(For detecting a retrovirus later identified as the cause of AIDS.)