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Kavli Prize winner. Winfried Denk (Photo credit: Knut Falch) 2012 Kavli Prize in Neuroscience Learn about Neuroscience Winfried Denk was born in 1957 in Munich. From 1978 to 1981, he studied physics...

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Kavli Prize winner. Winfried Denk (Photo credit: Knut Falch) 2012 Kavli Prize in Neuroscience Learn about Neuroscience Winfried Denk was born in 1957 in Munich. From 1978 to 1981, he studied physics...

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Ronald W. P. Drever (1931 - 2017)

Kavli Prize 2016. Astrophysics Gravity waves Born in Renfrewshire, Scotland, Ronald Drever (October 26, 1931 – March 7, 2017) studied at Glasgow University and gained his PhD there in 1958. At Glasgow...

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Ronald W. P. Drever (1931 - 2017)

Kavli Prize 2016. Astrophysics Gravity waves Born in Renfrewshire, Scotland, Ronald Drever (October 26, 1931 – March 7, 2017) studied at Glasgow University and gained his PhD there in 1958. At Glasgow...

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George M. Whitesides is an American chemist and professor of chemistry at Harvard University. He is best known for his work in the areas of NMR spectroscopy, organometallic chemistry, molecular self-as...

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George M. Whitesides is an American chemist and professor of chemistry at Harvard University. He is best known for his work in the areas of NMR spectroscopy, organometallic chemistry, molecular self-as...

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Sumio Iijima (飯島 澄男, Iijima Sumio, born 2 May 1939) is a Japanese physicist and inventor, often cited as the inventor of carbon nanotubes. Winner of the Kavli Prize in Nanoscience in 2008. Iijimas ha...

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Sumio Iijima (飯島 澄男, Iijima Sumio, born 2 May 1939) is a Japanese physicist and inventor, often cited as the inventor of carbon nanotubes. Winner of the Kavli Prize in Nanoscience in 2008. Iijimas ha...

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Christoph Gerber MP

Basel, Basel-Stadt, BS, Switzerland

Christoph Gerber is a Swiss professor of physics and Director for Scientific Communication of the National Center of Competence for Nanoscale Science at the University of Basel, where he has been since...

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Christoph Gerber MP

Basel, Basel-Stadt, BS, Switzerland

Christoph Gerber is a Swiss professor of physics and Director for Scientific Communication of the National Center of Competence for Nanoscale Science at the University of Basel, where he has been since...

12/20/2022

Jane X. Luu MP

United States

Jane X. Luu (Vietnamese: Lưu Lệ Hằng; born July 1963) is a Vietnamese-American astronomer and defense systems engineer. She was awarded the Kavli Prize (shared with David C. Jewitt and Michael Brown) f...

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Jane X. Luu MP

United States

Jane X. Luu (Vietnamese: Lưu Lệ Hằng; born July 1963) is a Vietnamese-American astronomer and defense systems engineer. She was awarded the Kavli Prize (shared with David C. Jewitt and Michael Brown) f...

12/8/2022

Brenda Milner CC GOQ FRS FRSC (née Langford; July 15, 1918) is a British-Canadian neuropsychologist who has contributed extensively to the research literature on various topics in the field of clinical...

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Brenda Milner CC GOQ FRS FRSC (née Langford; July 15, 1918) is a British-Canadian neuropsychologist who has contributed extensively to the research literature on various topics in the field of clinical...

12/8/2022

Winner of the Kavli Prize for Astrophysics in 2020. Andrew Fabian, one of the most prolific and influential astronomers of our time, has been a leading figure in several major research areas in X-ray...

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Winner of the Kavli Prize for Astrophysics in 2020. Andrew Fabian, one of the most prolific and influential astronomers of our time, has been a leading figure in several major research areas in X-ray...

12/8/2022

Jean-Louis Mandel MP

Straßburg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine, France

Jean-Louis Mandel , born in Strasbourg on February 12, 1946, is a French medical doctor and geneticist, and heads a research team at the Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology (IGBMC)...

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Jean-Louis Mandel MP

Straßburg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace-Champagne-Ardenne-Lorraine, France

Jean-Louis Mandel , born in Strasbourg on February 12, 1946, is a French medical doctor and geneticist, and heads a research team at the Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Cellular Biology (IGBMC)...

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Alexei Alexandrovich Starobinsky is a Soviet and Russian astrophysicist and cosmologist. He received the Kavli Prize in Astrophysics "for pioneering the theory of cosmic inflation", together with Alan ...

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Alexei Alexandrovich Starobinsky is a Soviet and Russian astrophysicist and cosmologist. He received the Kavli Prize in Astrophysics "for pioneering the theory of cosmic inflation", together with Alan ...

11/28/2022

Ewine Fleur van Dishoeck is a Dutch astronomer and chemist. She is Professor of Molecular Astrophysics at Leiden Observatory, and served as the President of the International Astronomical Union and a c...

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Ewine Fleur van Dishoeck is a Dutch astronomer and chemist. She is Professor of Molecular Astrophysics at Leiden Observatory, and served as the President of the International Astronomical Union and a c...

11/28/2022

Fred Kavli MP (1927 - 2013)

"Fred", "Fridtjov"

Fred Kavli (August 20, 1927 – November 21, 2013) was a Norwegian and naturalized American business leader, inventor, and philanthropist. He was born on a small farm in Eresfjord, Norway. He founded the...

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Fred Kavli MP (1927 - 2013)

"Fred", "Fridtjov"

Fred Kavli (August 20, 1927 – November 21, 2013) was a Norwegian and naturalized American business leader, inventor, and philanthropist. He was born on a small farm in Eresfjord, Norway. He founded the...

11/24/2022

Cornelia (Cori) Isabella Bargmann MP

New York, New York, United States

Cornelia Isabella "Cori" Bargmann (born 1961) is an American neurobiologist. She is known for her work on the genetic and neural circuit mechanisms of behavior using C. elegans, particularly the mechan...

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Cornelia (Cori) Isabella Bargmann MP

New York, New York, United States

Cornelia Isabella "Cori" Bargmann (born 1961) is an American neurobiologist. She is known for her work on the genetic and neural circuit mechanisms of behavior using C. elegans, particularly the mechan...

11/13/2022

Richard H. Scheller (born 30 October 1953) is the Chief Science Officer & Head of Therapeutics at 23andMe and the former Executive Vice President of Research and Early Development at Genentech. He was ...

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Richard H. Scheller (born 30 October 1953) is the Chief Science Officer & Head of Therapeutics at 23andMe and the former Executive Vice President of Research and Early Development at Genentech. He was ...

11/13/2022

Sten Grillner MP

Stockholm, Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

Sten Grillner is a Swedish neurophysiologist and distinguished professor at the Karolinska Institute's Nobel Institute for Neurophysiology in Stockholm where he is the director of that institute. He is...

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Sten Grillner MP

Stockholm, Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

Sten Grillner is a Swedish neurophysiologist and distinguished professor at the Karolinska Institute's Nobel Institute for Neurophysiology in Stockholm where he is the director of that institute. He is...

11/8/2022

Nadrian Seeman (1945 - 2021)

NADRIAN SEEMAN OBITUARY 1945 - 2021 "I've always regarded the DNA sequence as a very long four letter word. It's a one-dimensional object and I'm not a one-dimensional guy." – Ned Seeman Nadrian C. "N...

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Nadrian Seeman (1945 - 2021)

NADRIAN SEEMAN OBITUARY 1945 - 2021 "I've always regarded the DNA sequence as a very long four letter word. It's a one-dimensional object and I'm not a one-dimensional guy." – Ned Seeman Nadrian C. "N...

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Thomas Ebbesen MP

Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, France

Thomas Ebbesen From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Thomas Ebbesen in 2021 Thomas Ebbesen (born 30 January 1954 in Oslo) is a Franco-Norwegian physical chemist and professor at the University of Stra...

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Thomas Ebbesen MP

Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, France

Thomas Ebbesen From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Thomas Ebbesen in 2021 Thomas Ebbesen (born 30 January 1954 in Oslo) is a Franco-Norwegian physical chemist and professor at the University of Stra...

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profiles.stanford.edu Andrei Dmitriyevich Linde is a Russian-American theoretical physicist and the Harald Trap Friis Professor of Physics at Stanford University. Linde is one of the main authors of th...

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profiles.stanford.edu Andrei Dmitriyevich Linde is a Russian-American theoretical physicist and the Harald Trap Friis Professor of Physics at Stanford University. Linde is one of the main authors of th...

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Alan Harvey Guth is an American theoretical physicist and cosmologist. Guth has researched elementary particle theory. He is Victor Weisskopf Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Tech...

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Alan Harvey Guth is an American theoretical physicist and cosmologist. Guth has researched elementary particle theory. He is Victor Weisskopf Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Tech...

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Winner of the Kavli Prize in 2022 for work in Neuroscience. Harry Orr is an American geneticist specializing in neurodegenerative diseases. He was born in Virginia and grew up in Michigan, where he r...

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Winner of the Kavli Prize in 2022 for work in Neuroscience. Harry Orr is an American geneticist specializing in neurodegenerative diseases. He was born in Virginia and grew up in Michigan, where he r...

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