Brian Kent Kobilka(born May 30, 1955)is an American physiologist and a recipient of the 2012Nobel Prize in ChemistrywithRobert Lefkowitzfor discoveries that reveal the workings ofG protein-coupled receptors. He is currently a professor in the department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology atStanford University School of Medicine. He is also a co-founder of ConfometRx, abiotechnologycompany focusing on G protein-coupled receptors. He was named a member of theNational Academy of Sciencesin 2011. Fields: Crystallography Education: University of Minnesota Duluth Yale University