Riek Machar

Also known as Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon, SENNAR, Riek Machar Teny

first vice president of the independent Republic of South Sudan

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Attenuated <i>T</i> <sub>2</sub> relaxation by mutual cancellation of dipole–dipole coupling and chemical shift anisotropy indicates an avenue to NMR structures of very large biological macromolecules in solution
· 1997 · cited 2,220x
3D structure of Alzheimer's amyloid-β(1–42) fibrils
· 2005 · cited 1,879x
In vivo demonstration that α-synuclein oligomers are toxic
· 2011 · cited 1,385x
Intergroup Threat and Outgroup Attitudes: A Meta-Analytic Review
· 2006 · cited 1,155x
NMR structure of the mouse prion protein domain PrP(121–231)
· 1996 · cited 1,074x

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Riek Machar Teny Dhurgon (born 26 November 1952) is a South Sudanese politician who has served as the vice president of South Sudan on several occasions, most recently as the first vice president, since 2020.

A member of the Nuer ethnic group, Machar earned degrees in engineering from Khartoum University and the University of Bradford. In 1984, he joined the Sudanese People's Liberation Army/Movement (SPLA/M) rebel group fighting for southern independence during the Second Sudanese Civil War.