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Selman Abraham Waksman (July 22, 1888 - August 16, 1973) was a biochemist who is most widely recognised for his research into organic substances and their decomposition, which in 1943 eventually led to his discovery of streptomycin. In 1952 this achievement earned him the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Born in Priluka, Ukraine, Waksman immigrated to the United States and graduated from Rutgers University in 1915 with a B.Sc. degree in Agriculture. He performed research in soil bacteriology under Dr. J. G. Lipman at the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station before being awarded his M.Sc. degree in 1916. Waksman became a naturalized U.S. citizen and was appointed a Research Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley where he earned his Ph.D. in Biochemistry in 1918. He later joined the falculty at Rutgers University in the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology. It was at Rutgers that Waksman discovered several antibiotics, including streptomycin.
He is also the author of several books:
He died in Hyannis, Massachusetts.
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