Luc is a professor and virologist who was the winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to discover the Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
However, he was not the only one to get the noble prize; Luc was a joint recipient, and Francoise Barre-Sinoussi and Harald Zur Hausen.
Who was Luc Montagnier?
Luc was born on August 18, 1932, in Chabris, Region Centre, France.
He completed his alma mater at the University of Paris and worked as a researcher at the Pasteur Institute in Paris.
Also, he has been a full-time professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China.
Who are his wife and children?
Luc Montagnier was married to his wife named Dorothea Ackerman.
They had three children together.
How and when did he discover HIV/AIDs?
AIDS first came to public notice in 1981, when US doctors noted an unusual cluster of deaths among young gay men in California and New York.
Montagnier had a bitter rivalry with US scientist Robert Gallo in his ground-breaking work in identifying HIV at the virology department he created in Paris in 1972.
Luc Montagnier awards
- Dr A.H. Heineken Prize for Medicine (1994 )
- Nobel Prize Award (2008)
Luc Montagnier net worth
He left behind an estimated net worth of about $125 million.
