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Discovery of streptomycin 1944

In , he obtained his matriculation diploma from the Fifth Gymnasium in Odessa, Ukraine. Following graduation, he immigrated to the United States, where he graduated from Rutgers University in with a B. He performed research in soil bacteriology under Dr. That same year Waksman became a naturalized citizen and was appointed a Research Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley where he earned his Ph.

He later joined the faculty at Rutgers University in the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology; he was appointed Associate Professor in and Professor in It was at Rutgers that Waksman discovered several antibiotics, including streptomycin in , and neomycin In , Waksman became Director of the Institute of Microbiology, retiring from the position in In , Waksman was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine for his discovery of streptomycin.

Waksman is also a former President of the American Society for Microbiology. He has published more than scientific papers and 18 books. Three of the books that Waksman authored include: Enzymes , Principles of Soil Microbiology , and an autobiography My Life with the Microbes Sources: Wikipedia ; Nobel Prize.