Tomas Lindahl

Tomas Lindahl
FRS FMedSci
Tomas Lindahl FRS FMedSci
	Lindahl in 2015
Born	Tomas Robert Lindahl; 28 January 1938; Stockholm, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish, naturalised British; (dual nationality)
Alma mater	Karolinska Institutet (PhD);
Known for	Clarification of cellular resistance to carcinogens
Awards	EMBO Membership (1974); FRS (1988); FMedSci (1998); Royal Medal (2007); Copley Medal (2010); Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2015);
	Scientific career
Fields	Cancer research; DNA repair;
Institutions	Francis Crick Institute; London Research Institute; University of Gothenburg; Princeton University; Rockefeller University;
Thesis	On the structure and stability of nucleic acids in solution (1967)
Website	crick.ac.uk/research/a-z-researchers/emeritus-scientists/tomas-lindahl/

Tomas Robert Lindahl (born 28 January 1938) is a Swedish-British scientist specialising in cancer research. In 2015, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry jointly with American chemist Paul L. Modrich and Turkish chemist Aziz Sancar for mechanistic studies of DNA repair.

Tomas Lindahl FRS FMedSci
Lindahl in 2015
Born	Tomas Robert Lindahl (1938-01-28) 28 January 1938 Stockholm, Sweden
Nationality	Swedish, naturalised British (dual nationality)
Alma mater	Karolinska Institutet (PhD)
Known for	Clarification of cellular resistance to carcinogens
Awards	EMBO Membership (1974) FRS (1988) FMedSci (1998) Royal Medal (2007) Copley Medal (2010) Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2015)
Scientific career
Fields	Cancer research DNA repair
Institutions	Francis Crick Institute London Research Institute University of Gothenburg Princeton University Rockefeller University
Thesis	On the structure and stability of nucleic acids in solution (1967)

Website	crick.ac.uk/research/a-z-researchers/emeritus-scientists/tomas-lindahl/