Nobel Prize Winners

First awarded in 1901, the Nobel Prize is considered by many to be the world’s most prestigious prize bestowed on scientists and scholars. Sloan Research Fellows have been awarded the prize in Chemistry, Physics, Medicine, and Economic Sciences.

Nobel Prize in Physics

22 Fellows

First Name
Last Name
University
Grant
Award Year
  • First Name: Andrea
    Last Name: Ghez
    University: University of California, Los Angeles
    Grant: Physics, 1996
    Award Year: 2020
  • First Name: P. James
    Last Name: Peebles
    University: Princeton University
    Grant: Physics, 1968
    Award Year: 2019
  • First Name: Donna
    Last Name: Strickland
    University: University of Waterloo
    Grant: Physics, 1998
    Award Year: 2018
  • First Name: Kip
    Last Name: Thorne
    University: California Institute of Technology
    Grant: Physics, 1966
    Award Year: 2017
  • First Name: F.
    Last Name: Haldane
    University: University of Southern California
    Grant: Physics, 1984
    Award Year: 2016
  • First Name: Theodor
    Last Name: Hansch
    University: Stanford University
    Grant: Physics, 1973
    Award Year: 2005
  • First Name: Frank
    Last Name: Wilczek
    University: Princeton University
    Grant: Physics, 1976
    Award Year: 2004
  • First Name: David
    Last Name: Gross
    University: Princeton University
    Grant: Physics, 1970
    Award Year: 2004
  • First Name: Hugh
    Last Name: Politzer
    University: Harvard University
    Grant: Physics, 1977
    Award Year: 2004
  • First Name: Carl
    Last Name: Wieman
    University: University of Michigan
    Grant: Physics, 1984
    Award Year: 2001
  • First Name: Frederick
    Last Name: Reines
    University: Case Western Reserve University
    Grant: Physics, 1959
    Award Year: 1995
  • First Name: Melvin
    Last Name: Schwartz
    University: Columbia University
    Grant: Physics, 1959
    Award Year: 1988
  • First Name: Jack
    Last Name: Steinberger
    University: Columbia University
    Grant: Physics, 1958
    Award Year: 1988
  • First Name: Kenneth
    Last Name: Wilson
    University: Cornell University
    Grant: Physics, 1963
    Award Year: 1982
  • First Name: Val
    Last Name: Fitch
    University: Princeton University
    Grant: Physics, 1960
    Award Year: 1980
  • First Name: James
    Last Name: Cronin
    University: Princeton University
    Grant: Physics, 1962
    Award Year: 1980
  • First Name: Sheldon
    Last Name: Glashow
    University: University of California, Berkeley
    Grant: Physics, 1962
    Award Year: 1979
  • First Name: Steven
    Last Name: Weinberg
    University: University of California, Berkeley
    Grant: Physics, 1961
    Award Year: 1979
  • First Name: Leon
    Last Name: Cooper
    University: Brown University
    Grant: Physics, 1959
    Award Year: 1972
  • First Name: Murray
    Last Name: Gell-Mann
    University: California Institute of Technology
    Grant: Physics, 1957
    Award Year: 1969
  • First Name: Richard
    Last Name: Feynman
    University: California Institute of Technology
    Grant: Physics, 1955
    Award Year: 1965
  • First Name: Tsung-Dao
    Last Name: Lee
    University: Institute for Advanced Study
    Grant: Physics, 1961
    Award Year: 1957

Nobel Prize in Chemistry

21 Fellows

First Name
Last Name
University
Grant
Award Year
  • First Name: Moungi
    Last Name: Bawendi
    University: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Grant: Chemistry, 1994
    Award Year: 2023
  • First Name: Karl
    Last Name: Sharpless
    University: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Grant: Chemistry, 1973
    Award Year: 2022
  • First Name: Carolyn
    Last Name: Bertozzi
    University: University of California, Berkeley
    Grant: Chemistry, 1997
    Award Year: 2022
  • First Name: David
    Last Name: MacMillan
    University: California Institute of Technology
    Grant: Chemistry, 2002
    Award Year: 2021
  • First Name: Martin
    Last Name: Karplus
    University: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    Grant: Chemistry, 1959
    Award Year: 2013
  • First Name: Arieh
    Last Name: Warshel
    University: University of Southern California
    Grant: Chemistry, 1978
    Award Year: 2013
  • First Name: Robert
    Last Name: Grubbs
    University: Michigan State University
    Grant: Chemistry, 1974
    Award Year: 2005
  • First Name: Richard
    Last Name: Schrock
    University: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Grant: Chemistry, 1976
    Award Year: 2005
  • First Name: Karl
    Last Name: Sharpless
    University: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Grant: Chemistry, 1973
    Award Year: 2001
  • First Name: Alan
    Last Name: Heeger
    University: University of Pennsylvania
    Grant: Physics, 1963
    Award Year: 2000
  • First Name: Alan
    Last Name: MacDiarmid
    University: University of Pennsylvania
    Grant: Chemistry, 1959
    Award Year: 2000
  • First Name: Ahmed
    Last Name: Zewail
    University: California Institute of Technology
    Grant: Chemistry, 1978
    Award Year: 1999
  • First Name: Robert
    Last Name: Curl
    University: Rice University
    Grant: Chemistry, 1961
    Award Year: 1996
  • First Name: Richard
    Last Name: Smalley
    University: Rice University
    Grant: Chemistry, 1978
    Award Year: 1996
  • First Name: Mario
    Last Name: Molina
    University: University of California, Irvine
    Grant: Chemistry, 1976
    Award Year: 1995
  • First Name: Rudolph
    Last Name: Marcus
    University: Polytechnic Institute of New York University
    Grant: Chemistry, 1960
    Award Year: 1992
  • First Name: E.
    Last Name: Corey
    University: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
    Grant: Chemistry, 1955
    Award Year: 1990
  • First Name: John
    Last Name: Polanyi
    University: University of Toronto
    Grant: Chemistry, 1959
    Award Year: 1986
  • First Name: Yuan-tseh
    Last Name: Lee
    University: The University of Chicago
    Grant: Chemistry, 1969
    Award Year: 1986
  • First Name: Dudley
    Last Name: Herschbach
    University: University of California, Berkeley
    Grant: Chemistry, 1959
    Award Year: 1986
  • First Name: Roald
    Last Name: Hoffmann
    University: Cornell University
    Grant: Chemistry, 1966
    Award Year: 1981

Nobel Prize in Economics

12 Fellows

First Name
Last Name
University
Grant
Award Year
  • First Name: Philip
    Last Name: Dybvig
    University: Yale University
    Grant: Economics, 1986
    Award Year: 2022
  • First Name: Ben
    Last Name: Bernanke
    University: Stanford University
    Grant: Economics, 1983
    Award Year: 2022
  • First Name: Guido
    Last Name: Imbens
    University: Harvard University
    Grant: Economics, 1995
    Award Year: 2021
  • First Name: Abhijit
    Last Name: Banerjee
    University: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Grant: Economics, 1994
    Award Year: 2019
  • First Name: Esther
    Last Name: Duflo
    University: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Grant: Economics, 2002
    Award Year: 2019
  • First Name: Paul
    Last Name: Romer
    University: The University of Chicago
    Grant: Economics, 1988
    Award Year: 2018
  • First Name: Jean
    Last Name: Tirole
    University: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Grant: Economics, 1985
    Award Year: 2014
  • First Name: Lars
    Last Name: Hansen
    University: Carnegie Mellon University
    Grant: Economics, 1982
    Award Year: 2013
  • First Name: Alvin
    Last Name: Roth
    University: University of Pittsburgh
    Grant: Economics, 1984
    Award Year: 2012
  • First Name: Eric
    Last Name: Maskin
    University: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Grant: Economics, 1983
    Award Year: 2007
  • First Name: Roger
    Last Name: Meyerson
    University: Northwestern University
    Grant: Economics, 1984
    Award Year: 2007
  • First Name: John
    Last Name: Nash, Jr.
    University: Institute for Advanced Study
    Grant: Mathematics, 1956
    Award Year: 1994

Nobel Prize in Medicine

3 Fellows

First Name
Last Name
University
Grant
Award Year
  • First Name: Linda
    Last Name: Buck
    University: Harvard Medical School
    Grant: Neuroscience, 1992
    Award Year: 2004
  • First Name: Paul
    Last Name: Lauterbur
    University: Stony Brook University
    Grant: Chemistry, 1965
    Award Year: 2003
  • First Name: Stanley
    Last Name: Prusiner
    University: University of California, San Francisco
    Grant: Neuroscience, 1976
    Award Year: 1997
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