Nobel Prize Laureates

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A. Michael Spence

2001
Economic Sciences

for their analyses of markets with asymmetric information

Stanford University

USA, b. 1943

Aage N. Bohr

1975
Physics

for the discovery of the connection between collective motion and particle motion in atomic nuclei and the development of the theory of the structure of the atomic nucleus based on this connection

Niels Bohr Institute

Denmark, b. 1922

Aaron Ciechanover

2004
Chemistry

for the discovery of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation

Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

British Protectorate of Palestine, b. 1947

Aaron Klug

1982
Chemistry

for his development of crystallographic electron microscopy and his structural elucidation of biologically important nucleic acid-protein complexes

MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

Lithuania, b. 1926

Abdulrazak Gurnah

2021
Literature

for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents

Abdus Salam

1979
Physics

for their contributions to the theory of the unified weak and electromagnetic interaction between elementary particles, including, inter alia, the prediction of the weak neutral current

International Centre for Theoretical Physics

India, b. 1926

Abhijit Banerjee

2019
Economic Sciences

for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

India, b. 1961

Abiy Ahmed Ali

2019
Peace

for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea

Ethiopia, b. 1976

Ada E. Yonath

2009
Chemistry

for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome

Weizmann Institute of Science

British Mandate of Palestine, b. 1939

Adam G. Riess

2011
Physics

for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae

Johns Hopkins University

USA, b. 1969

Adolf Butenandt

1939
Chemistry

for his work on sex hormones

Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut (now Max-Planck-Institut) für Biochemie

Germany, b. 1903

Adolf von Baeyer

1905
Chemistry

in recognition of his services in the advancement of organic chemistry and the chemical industry, through his work on organic dyes and hydroaromatic compounds

Munich University

Prussia, b. 1835

Adolf Windaus

1928
Chemistry

for the services rendered through his research into the constitution of the sterols and their connection with the vitamins

Goettingen University

Germany, b. 1876

Adolfo Pérez Esquivel

1980
Peace

for being a source of inspiration to repressed people, especially in Latin America

Argentina, b. 1931

Ahmed Zewail

1999
Chemistry

for his studies of the transition states of chemical reactions using femtosecond spectroscopy

California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

Egypt, b. 1946

Akira Suzuki

2010
Chemistry

for palladium-catalyzed cross couplings in organic synthesis

Hokkaido University

Japan, b. 1930

Akira Yoshino

2019
Chemistry

for the development of lithium-ion batteries

Asahi Kasei Corporation

Japan, b. 1948

Al Gore

2007
Peace

for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change

USA, b. 1948

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