# Pek van Andel

> Menko Victor (Pek) van Andel, known as a "serendipitologist", obtained his university degree in medical research in Groningen. There, he developed an artificial cornea as a treatment for blindness alongside the inventive ophthalmologist Jan Worst. This low-cost prosthesis was honored with the Wubbo Ockels innovation prize in 1994 and remains widely manufactured and implanted in India.

*Dutch physician*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/pek-van-andel

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Doctor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Doctors
- **Country:** Netherlands
- **Born:** 1944
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Menko Victor (Pek) van Andel, known as a "serendipitologist", obtained his university degree in medical research in Groningen. There, he developed an artificial cornea as a treatment for blindness alongside the inventive ophthalmologist Jan Worst. This low-cost prosthesis was honored with the Wubbo Ockels innovation prize in 1994 and remains widely manufactured and implanted in India.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 39.1
- **Momentum:** 15.0

## Sources
- [Pek van Andel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pek_van_Andel)
- [Pek van Andel](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pek_van_Andel)
- [Андел, Петер ван](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%2C_%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD)
- [Pek van Andel](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pek_van_Andel)
- [بيك فان انديل](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%84)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2504763)

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