로저 첸

소개

로저 첸(영어: Roger Yonchien Tsien, 중국어 정체자: 錢永健, 간체자: 钱永健, 병음: Qián Yǒngjiàn 첸융젠[*] 1952년 2월 1일 ~ 2016년 8월 24일)은 중국계 미국인 생화학자다. 2008년에 노벨 화학상을 수상하였다.

Roger Yonchien Tsien was an American biochemist. He was a professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of California, San Diego, and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2008 for his discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, in collaboration with organic chemist Osamu Shimomura and neurobiologist Martin Chalfie. Tsien was also a pioneer of calcium imaging.