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International Centre for Theoretical Physics and Imperial College London (historical affiliations)
Abdus Salam contributed to the theory unifying weak and electromagnetic interactions. He shared the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics with Sheldon Glashow and Steven Weinberg.
Institute for Advanced Study (faculty, 1933–1955)
Albert Einstein developed the theories of special and general relativity. His work on the photoelectric effect contributed to quantum theory. He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in…
Trinity College, Cambridge (affiliation at the 1998 award)
Amartya Sen has contributed to welfare economics. He received the 1998 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (historical affiliation)
Barbara McClintock investigated genetic mechanisms and discovered mobile genetic elements. She received the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
University of Washington
David Baker is a researcher affiliated with University of Washington. This profile connects verified scholarly identity information and publication records from OpenAlex and DOI sources. Research areas…
Google DeepMind
Demis Hassabis is a researcher affiliated with Google DeepMind. This profile connects verified scholarly identity information and publication records from OpenAlex and DOI sources. Research areas include…
University of Oxford (historical affiliation)
Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin used X-ray techniques to determine the structures of important biochemical substances. She received the 1964 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Indiana University and Arizona State University (affiliations at the 2009 award)
Elinor Ostrom studied how communities govern shared resources. She shared the 2009 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.
Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens
Emmanuelle Charpentier is a researcher affiliated with Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens. This profile connects verified scholarly identity information and publication records from OpenAlex…
University of Toronto
Geoffrey E. Hinton is a researcher affiliated with University of Toronto. This profile connects verified scholarly identity information and publication records from OpenAlex and DOI sources. Research…
University of California, Berkeley
Jennifer A. Doudna is a researcher affiliated with University of California, Berkeley. This profile connects verified scholarly identity information and publication records from OpenAlex and DOI sources.…
University of Szeged and BioNTech
Katalin Karikó is a researcher affiliated with University of Szeged and BioNTech. This profile connects verified scholarly identity information and publication records from OpenAlex and DOI sources.…
Stanford University
Li Fei-Fei is a researcher affiliated with Stanford University. This profile connects verified scholarly identity information and publication records from OpenAlex and DOI sources. Research areas include…
Sorbonne, Paris (historical affiliation)
Marie Curie investigated radioactivity and the elements radium and polonium. She received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 and the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911.
California Institute of Technology (historical affiliation)
Richard Feynman contributed to the development of quantum electrodynamics. He shared the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics with Sin-Itiro Tomonaga and Julian Schwinger.
University of Cambridge (historical affiliation)
Stephen Hawking studied gravitation, black holes and the origins of the universe. He worked at the University of Cambridge and held the Lucasian Professorship of Mathematics.
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Svante Pääbo is a researcher affiliated with Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. This profile connects verified scholarly identity information and publication records from OpenAlex and DOI…
China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine (affiliation at the 2015 award)
Tu Youyou researched treatments for malaria and helped discover artemisinin. She shared the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.