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more general categories information about this item 10. Noble Prize 10. Noble Prize Chemistry (180) 11. Award Year 11. Award Year 2010s (106) 2015 (11) 12. Winner Type 12. Winner Type Person (904) 13. Gender 13. Gender Male (853) 14. Birth Year 14. Birth Year 1940s (122) 1946 (9) 15. Place of Birth 15. Place of Birth North America (290) United States (268) Southwestern states (13) New Mexico (2) Raton (1) 18. Living Winners 18. Living Winners Alive (292) 19. Given Name 19. Given Name L-R (240) P (45) 20. Family Name 20. Family Name L-R (258) M (84) 21. Shared Given Name 21. Shared Given Name L-R (156) P (34) Paul (18) 23. Religion 23. Religion z-Missing value reason (465) Source data not available (465) 24. Age at Award Time 24. Age at Award Time 70 - 79 (179) 32. Occupations 32. Occupations Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations (601) Life Scientists (181) Biological Scientists (181) 34. Citizens 34. Citizens North America (328) United States (307) 37. Worked for College or University 37. Worked for College or University North America (309) United States (303) Southeastern states (6) North Carolina (4) Durham (2) Duke University (2) School of Medicine (2) 39. Worked for Medical Organization 39. Worked for Medical Organization North America (25) United States (25) Howard Hughes Medical Institute (9) North Carolina (1) Durham (1) 42. Affilliation with College or University 42. Affilliation with College or University North America (529) United States (521) Northeastern states (374) Massachusetts (226) Cambridge (217) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (93) Alumni (38) Southeastern states (38) North Carolina (18) Durham (13) Duke University (13) Long-term academic staff (3) Western states (262) California (253) Stanford (83) Stanford University (83) Alumni (13) University of California (159) Berkeley (107) University of California, Berkeley (107) Long-term academic staff (40) 44. Memberships 44. Memberships A-D (656) A (635) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (531) E-P (571) N (352) National Academy of Sciences (334) 45. Other Awards 45. Other Awards C-D (404) C (272) Charles S. Mott Prize (2) Q-Z (398) R (196) Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Award for Distinguished Contributions to Cancer Research (3) complete name: Paul Lawrence Modrich nobel prize: chemistry award year: 2015 together with: Tomas Lindahl together with: Aziz Sancar prize share: Prize share: 1/3 rational: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015 was awarded jointly to Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar "for mechanistic studies of DNA repair." biography: Biography laureate facts: Facts laureate lecture: Lecture birth name: Paul Lawrence Modrich given name: Paul family name: Modrich occupation: chemist occupation: university teacher occupation: biochemist field of work: chemistry work location: Duke University, 103 Allen Bldg, Durham, NC, 27708, United States of America description: Paul Lawrence Modrich is an American biochemist, James B. Duke Professor of Biochemistry at Duke University and Investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He received a Ph.D. degree in 1973 from Stanford University and a B.S. degree in 1968 from MIT. He is known for his research on DNA mismatch repair. Modrich received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015, jointly with Aziz Sancar and Tomas Lindahl. image copyright: © Nobel Media AB. Photo: A. Mahmoud image citation: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Media AB 2018. <https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2015/summary/> date birth: 1946 usual name: Paul Modrich