David Jay Julius is an American physiologist and Nobel Prize laureate known for his work on molecular mechanisms of pain sensation and heat, including the characterization of the TRPV1 and TRPM8 receptors that detect capsaicin, menthol, and temperature. He is a professor at the University of California, San Francisco. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2021, announced October 4, 2021. David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian, “for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch”. David Julius: born 1955, New York, NY, USA. Ardem Patapoutian: born 1967, Beirut, Lebanon. Wiki link Wiki link Data: the Nobel Foundation (CC0).