Quick Facts

• NAME: Peter Agre
• OCCUPATION: Doctor
• BIRTH DATE: January 30, 1949 (Age: 64)
• EDUCATION: Augsburg College, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
• PLACE OF BIRTH: Northfield, Minnesota
• ZODIAC SIGN: Aquarius

Best Known For

Peter Agre won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2003 for his discovery of the protein aquaporin which led to later important scientific breakthroughs.