Thomas C. Südhof

Thomas C. Südhof
Thomas C. Südhof
	Südhof in 2024
Born	Thomas Christian Südhof; December 22, 1955; Göttingen, Germany
Alma mater	RWTH Aachen University; University of Göttingen (PhD)
Known for	Presynaptic Neuron; Synaptic Transmission
Spouse	Lu Chen
Awards	Lasker Award (2013); Nobel Prize (2013); ForMemRS (2017);
	Scientific career
Fields	Biology
Institutions	Stanford University; University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center;
Thesis	Die biophysikalische Struktur der chromaffinen Granula im Lichte ihres Osmometerverhaltens und ihrer osmotischen Lyse (1982)
Doctoral advisor	Victor P. Whittaker
Website	hhmi.org/scientists/thomas-c-sudhof; med.stanford.edu/sudhoflab/about-thomas-sudhof.html;

Thomas Christian Südhof (German pronunciation: [ˈtoːmas ˈzyːtˌhoːf] ^ⓘ; born December 22, 1955), ForMemRS, is a German-American biochemist known for his study of synaptic transmission. Currently, he is a professor in the school of medicine in the department of molecular and cellular physiology, and by courtesy in neurology, and in psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University.

Südhof, James Rothman and Randy Schekman are the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureates for their work on vesicle trafficking.