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Selman Abraham Waksman was born on July 22, , in Priluky, Ukraine. In , he obtained his matriculation diploma from the Fifth Gymnasium in Odessa, Ukraine.

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Following graduation, he immigrated to the United States, where he graduated from Rutgers University in with a 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 degree in That same year Waksman became a naturalized citizen and was appointed a Research Fellow at the University of California, Berkeley where he earned his Ph.D.

in Biochemistry in He later joined the faculty at Rutgers University in the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology; he was appointed Associate Professor in and Professor in In , he became Professor of Microbiology and Head of the Department of Microbiology. It was at Rutgers that Waksman discovered several antibiotics, including streptomycin in , and neomycin In , Waksman be Selman Waksman - Jewish Virtual Library QYKEK