Sidney Altman

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Sidney Altman
Altman in 2011
Born	(1939-05-07)May 7, 1939 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died	April 5, 2022(2022-04-05) (aged 82) Rockleigh, New Jersey, U.S.
Nationality	Canadian, American (since 1984)
Alma mater	MIT, University of Colorado at Boulder, Columbia University, Arizona State University
Known for	Ribozymes
Spouse	Ann Korner ​ ​ (m. 1972; div. 2018)​
Children	2
Awards	Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1989) Lomonosov Gold Medal (2016) Rosenstiel Award (1988)
Scientific career
Fields	Molecular biology
Institutions	Yale University Cambridge University Harvard University MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Thesis	Bacteriophage T4 DNA replication in the absence and presence of 9-aminoacrine  (1967)
Doctoral advisor	Leonard Lerman
Doctoral students	Benjamin C. Stark, Robin Reed

Sidney Altman (May 7, 1939 – April 5, 2022) was a Canadian-American^[1] molecular biologist, who was the Sterling Professor of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and Chemistry at Yale University. In 1989, he shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Thomas R. Cech for their work on the catalytic properties of RNA.