Donna Strickland
, Ph.D., 1989
Nobel prize in physics,
2018 for or their method of generating high-intensity, ultra-short optical pulses.
Chu,
Steven, 1970
Nobel prize in physics, 1997 for development of methods to cool
and trap atoms with laser light.
Gajdusek,
Carleton, 1942
Nobel prize in physiology or medicine, 1976 for discovery of the
infectious disease mechanism of prion.
Kornberg,
Arthur, 1941, MD
Nobel prize in physiology or medicine, 1959 for discovering a way
to synthesize DNA.
Koshiba,
Masatoshi, 1955, Ph.D., Physics
Nobel Prize in physics, 2002 for detection of cosmic neutrinos.
Vigneaud,
Vincent du, 1927
Nobel prize in chemistry, 1955 for his work on the biochemistry of
sulfur-containing compounds.
Henderson,
Donald Ainslie, 1954, MD
- Director, Office of Public Health Preparedness, US DHHS, 2001
- Head, WHO Global Smallpox Eradication Campaign, 1966
Zaffaroni,
Alejandro, 1951, Ph.D. (Biochemistry)
- Founder, ALZA, Inc., California, 1968
- Founder, DNAX, Inc., California, 1980
- Founder, Affymetrix, California, 1991
- National Medal of Technology, awarded by President Bill Clinton, 1995
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Fogel,
Robert,
Member of Economics Department
Nobel prize in economics, 1993 in recognition of his methodological
contributions to econometric history.
Dam,
Henrik,
Member of medical school
Nobel prize in physiology or medicine, 1943 for his discovery of vitamin K.
Whipple,
George Hoyt,
Dean of the medical school
Nobel prize in physiology or medicine, 1934 for his work to develop
a therapy for anemia.
Ester Cornwell,
- IEEE Edison Medal, 1997
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Nobel Laureates
Barton, Derrick,
Nobel prize in chemistry, 1969 for his contributions to the development of the concept of conformation and its application in chemistry.
Blackett, Patrick,
Nobel prize in physics, 1948 for his development of the Wolson cloud-chamber and his discoveries therewith in the fields of nuclear physics and cosmic radiation.
Gabor, Dennis,
Nobel prize in physics, 1971 for his invention and development of the holographic method.
Nurse, Paul,
Nobel prize in physiology or medicine, 2001 for his work on key regulators of the cell cycle.
Salam, Abdus,
Nobel prize in physics, 1979 for his work on the unified theory of weak and electromagnetic interactions.
Thomson, George,
Nobel prize in physics, 1937 for his demonstration in 1927 of the wave nature of electrons by their diffraction in passing through thin films of metals.
Wilkinson, Geoffrey,
Nobel prize in chemistry, 1973 for pioneering work on the chemistry of the organometallic, so called sandwich compounds.