- metadata: - url: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2008/montagnier/facts/ - tags: - #P/public - related: --- # Dr. Luc Montagnier **Luc Montagnier** born 18 August 1932) is a French [virologist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virology "Virology") and joint recipient, with [Françoise Barré-Sinoussi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7oise_Barr%C3%A9-Sinoussi "Françoise Barré-Sinoussi") and [Harald zur Hausen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_zur_Hausen "Harald zur Hausen"), of the 2008 [Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Physiology_or_Medicine "Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine") for his discovery of the human immunodeficiency virus ([HIV](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV "HIV")) * He has worked as a researcher at the [Pasteur Institute](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasteur_Institute "Pasteur Institute") in Paris, and * as a full-time professor at [Shanghai Jiao Tong University](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Jiao_Tong_University "Shanghai Jiao Tong University") in China.[[5]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_Montagnier#cite_note-sjtu-5)