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William C. Campbell (scientist)
William Cecil Campbell (born 28June 1930) is an Irish-born American biologist and parasitologist known for his discoveries concerning a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworms, for which he was jointly awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He worked at the Merck Institute for Therapeutic Research 1957–1990, and is currently a research fellow emeritus at Drew University.〔(Ramelton Tidy Towns: William C. Campbell )〕
== Life ==
Campbell was born in Ramelton, County Donegal, Ireland in 1930, the third son of R. J. Campbell, a farm supplier. He graduated from Trinity College, Dublin in 1952 with first class honours in Zoology, he earned his Ph.D. degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1957. From 1957 to 1990 he was associated with Merck Institute for Therapeutic Research, and from 1984 to 1990 he was a Senior Scientist and Director with Assay Research and Development. He became a U.S. citizen in 1962. In 2002, he was elected member of the United States National Academy of Sciences. He and Satoshi Ōmura shared half of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their research on therapies against infections caused by roundworm parasites, using derivatives of avermectin. (The other half went to Tu Youyou for work on malaria treatments.〔) Campbell is the second Irish scientist to win a Nobel Prize, after Ernest Walton won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1951.
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