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Ronald Evans

Ronald Evans was born on 17 April 1979 in Los Angeles, USA. He was born to American parents of white ethnicity. He has been a very god student since he was born. He mastered his math and science books in each of his classes and was always the best student in his class.

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In the beginning of his adolescence, he was inclined toward sports and wanted to be a baseball player as he liked the game very much. However, when he grew up a little he saw that he was better at science and math and so he chose it as his career path. He did his higher schooling from a nearby school as he didn’t want to far from his family. After completing his school he went to UCLA for his higher studies. He was good in Physics but as biology excited him more he chose to do higher studies in the subject.

In 1976 he got his Bachelor of Science degree in biology. At this point, he was getting very smart in the field and so he got many offers from different colleges to study but he didn’t want to be homesick so he chose UCLA as his preferred college to study in as he was quite comfortable in studying at that college.

In 1980 he got in Ph.D. degree from the same college and soon became a lecture at UCLA. He started off very well but later he felt that he should be using his knowledge to do reach and find cures for different diseases so he set off to do just that. A few years later he enrolled at the Rockefeller University to get postdoctoral taking in biology.

After completing his degree and training he started to teach at Salk University. He urged his students to think out of the box and make the best of their mind. At UCSD he started to teach Neuroscience, biology and Biomedical sciences in 1985.

At the later stages, he moved worst Neuroscience. In 1998 the Salk University honored him with their highest award in the biology field. After his reach he started to get much attention from all across the globe. He also got many awards for his feat.

In 2004 Evans was handed the Albert Lasker Award for his extensive research in the field. The very next year he got the Harvey Prize for his theory in neuroscience. The latest award that he got was in 2012 which is the Wolf Prize in Medicine.

He is a married man although not much is known about his personal life as he likes to keep it to himself. He often appears in public with his wife but on most occasions, he is seen by himself. He has two children as well both of whom are doing well in their respective field. He is also not very active on the social media websites such as Facebook and twitter. His net worth is estimated to be around $20 million.


Quick Facts
Birth Date: 17 Apr, 1949
Age: 71 yrs
Occupations: Biologist
University teacher
Citizenship: United States of America
Birth Place: Los Angeles
Education: University of California, Los Angeles
Gender: Male
Description: American biologist
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Last Modified: Jun 27 2020
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