John Pringle (biologist)

John R. Pringle is an American scientist. He is a professor at Stanford University. He received an AB in Mathematics from Harvard University and a PhD in Biology also from Harvard University (1970).

He is the 2013 recipient of the E.B. Wilson Medal, the American Society for Cell Biology's highest honor for science.

He married Beverly S. Mitchell (September 5, 1971) and has two children, Robert and Elizabeth both biologists.