Richard W. Tsien
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| Born | Richard Winyu Tsien 錢永佑 3 March 1945 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS, MS) University of Oxford (DPhil) |
| Spouse | Julia Shiang |
| Children | 3 |
| Father | Hsue-Chu Tsien |
| Relatives | Roger Y. Tsien (brother) |
| Awards | Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1997) Physiological Society Annual Review Prize Lecture (2014) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Electrical engineering Neurobiology |
| Institutions | New York University Medical Center Stanford University |
| Thesis | The kinetics of conductance changes in heart cells (1970) |
| Doctoral advisor | Jean Banister |
| Website | med |
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| Traditional Chinese | 錢永佑 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 钱 永 佑 | ||||||
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Richard Winyu Tsien (born 3 March 1945), is a Chinese-born American electrical engineer and neurobiologist. He is the Druckenmiller Professor of Neuroscience, Chair of the Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, and Director of the NYU Neuroscience Institute at New York University Medical Center, and also an emeritus faculty member of Stanford University School of Medicine.