Severo Ochoa

Severo Ochoa (1905–1993) was a Spanish and American physician, biochemist, and university teacher. His primary fields of work were biochemistry and molecular biology. He received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, the National Medal of Science, and the Grand Prix Charles-Leopold Mayer. Ochoa was also nominated for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He held citizenship in both Spain and the United States.

He was educated at the Universidad Central, the Grossman School of Medicine, and Complutense University of Madrid, where he earned a doctorate under the supervision of Otto Fritz Meyerhof. Ochoa served as a doctoral advisor to Arthur Kornberg and Santiago Grisolía García. He was employed by New York University, the University of Washington, Heidelberg University, and the Autonomous University of Madrid.

Ochoa was a member of the Royal Society, the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, and the German Academy of Sciences at Berlin. He was recognized in the Royal Society, American Academy Arts Sciences, and Nobel Laureates collections. His published works include *Jiménez Díaz memorial lectures, 1969-1974* and *Viruses, oncogenes and cancer*. He died in Madrid.