Peter Agre

Peter Agre /ˈɑːɡriː/ (born January 30, 1949) is an American physician and molecular biologist. He was a professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.

Peter Agre
Peter Agre in 2011
Born	(1949-01-30) January 30, 1949 Northfield, Minnesota, United States
Nationality	United States
Alma mater	Augsburg College (B.A., 1970) Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (M.D., 1974) University Hospitals Case Medical Center (1975-1978) North Carolina Memorial Hospital (1978-1981)
Known for	Aquaporins
Awards	Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2003) Bloomberg Distinguished Professorships (2014)
Scientific career
Fields	Medicine Chemistry Biochemistry
Institutions	Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute Duke University

In 2003, Agre and Roderick MacKinnon shared the 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "discoveries concerning channels in cell membranes." A

In 2009, Agre was elected president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and became active in science diplomacy.

Peter Agre Media

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  Peter Agre lecturing on Malaria at the 61st Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting in Lindau, Germany

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  A Zambian villager holding his grandson whose life was saved by Dr. Philip Thuma. Afflicted with cerebral malaria, the child was near death but was left with permanent blindness.

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  Plaque commemorating the collaboration of Cuban scientist Carlos Finlay and Johns Hopkins scientist Jesse Lazear in the Cuban Academy of Sciences by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Advisory Board visit to Havana in February 2015

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  Peter Agre in 2009 presenting his Johns Hopkins necktie to the Vice President of the DPRK State Academy of Science. The tie worn by Agre during his 2003 Nobel lecture in Stockholm is to be presented to the first DPRK scientist who wins a Nobel Prize.

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  Peter Agre visiting the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology in 2009.