Ardem Patapoutian PhD

Arden Patapoutian (born 1967)[1] is an Armenian-American molecular biologist, neuroscientist, and Nobel Prize, laureate. He is known for his work in characterizing the PIEZO1, PIEZO2, and TRPM8 receptors that detect pressure, menthol, and temperature. Patapoutian is a neuroscience professor and Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator at Scripps Research in La Jolla, California. In 2021, he won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with David Julius.