Torsten Wiesel

Torsten Wiesel
Torsten Wiesel
	Wiesel in 2011
7th President of Rockefeller University
	In office; 1991–1998
Preceded by	David Baltimore
Succeeded by	Arnold J. Levine
Personal details
Born	Torsten Nils Wiesel; 3 June 1924; Uppsala, Sweden
Spouses	; Teeri Stenhammar; (m. 1956; div. 1970) Ann Yee; (m. 1973; div. 1981) Jean Stein ; (m. 1995; div. 2007) Lizette Mususa Reyes (m. 2008)
Alma mater	Karolinska Institute
Known for	Visual system
Awards	Karl Spencer Lashley Award (1977); Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize (1978); Dickson Prize (1980); Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1981); ForMemRS (1982); National Medal of Science (2005);
	Scientific career
Institutions	Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; Rockefeller University; Harvard University;

Torsten Nils Wiesel (born 3 June 1924) is a Swedish neurophysiologist. With David H. Hubel, he received the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for their discoveries concerning information processing in the visual system; the prize was shared with Roger W. Sperry for his independent research on the cerebral hemispheres.

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