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University of California, Berkeley: Walter Gilbert: Chemistry 1980 Harvard University: Alfred G. Gilman: Physiology or Medicine 1994 University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center: Vitaly Ginzburg: Physics 2003 Lebedev Physical Institute: Donald A. Glaser: Physics 1960 University of California, Berkeley: Sheldon Glashow: Physics 1979 Harvard ...
His work has had an enormous impact on many areas of physical chemistry, especially building up a quantitative bridge between the laws of mechanics and complex macroscopic phenomena" [205] Professor of Chemistry at UC Berkeley; also listed in §Nobel laureates: Tung-Yen Lin: M.S. 1933: 1986
Julian Schwinger – researcher (1939–1941); [164] 1964 National Medal of Science for his "profound work on the fundamental problems of quantum field theory, and for many contributions to and lucid expositions of nuclear physics and electrodynamics" [165] (also listed in List of Nobel laureates affiliated with the University of California ...
The United States has the highest number of Nobel laureates in the world, with over 420 Nobel laureates. [2] Around 71% of all Nobel Prizes have been awarded to Americans; around 29% of them are immigrants from other nations. [3] U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt was the first American to win a Nobel Prize of any kind, being awarded the Nobel ...
In 2019, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry alongside M. Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino; at 97 years old, he became the oldest Nobel laureate in history. [4] From August 27, 2021, until his death, he was the oldest living Nobel Prize laureate.
Among the 892 Nobel laureates, 48 have been women; the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize was Marie Curie, who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903. [12] She was also the first person (male or female) to be awarded two Nobel Prizes, the second award being the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, given in 1911. [11]
Douglas S. Clark, PhD 1983; Gilbert Newton Lewis Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Dean of College of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley; known for advances in biocatalyst and bioreaction engineering for drug discovery, drug screening, and bioprocessing; elected member of National Academy of Engineering [14]
Charles Hard Townes (July 28, 1915 – January 27, 2015) was an American physicist. [4] [5] Townes worked on the theory and application of the maser, for which he obtained the fundamental patent, and other work in quantum electronics associated with both maser and laser devices.