Ada Yonath vs Maryam Mirzakhani
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Compare the life timelines of Ada Yonath (1939–2026) and Maryam Mirzakhani (1977–2017) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 40 years, from 1977 to 2017.
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Ada Yonath (1939–2026)
- — Born in Jerusalem Verified
- — Took a bachelor's degree in chemistry at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Verified
- — Completed a master's degree in biochemistry Verified
- — Awarded a doctorate by the Weizmann Institute of Science Verified
- — Established Israel's first protein crystallography laboratory Verified
- — Obtained the first crystals of a ribosomal subunit Verified
- — Led a Max Planck research unit in Hamburg Verified
- — Published high-resolution structures of ribosomal subunits Verified
- — Awarded the Wolf Prize in Chemistry Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Verified
- — Died
Maryam Mirzakhani (1977–2017)
- — Born in Tehran Verified
- — Won a gold medal at the International Mathematical Olympiad in Hong Kong Verified
- — Took a second olympiad gold medal with a perfect score in Toronto Verified
- — Graduated in mathematics from Sharif University of Technology Verified
- — Held a Clay Research Fellowship and a professorship at Princeton University Verified
- — Completed a doctorate at Harvard University Verified
- — Appointed professor of mathematics at Stanford University Verified
- — Awarded the Fields Medal in Seoul Verified
- — Died in Palo Alto, California Verified