SettingsNational Medal of Science laureates
Abel Wolman
Abel Wolman (June 10, 1892 – February 22, 1989) was an American inventor, scientist, professor and pioneer of modern sanitary engineering.
Abel Wolman (June 10, 1892 – February 22, 1989) was an American inventor, scientist, professor and pioneer of modern sanitary engineering.
Albert Overhauser
Albert W. Overhauser (August 17, 1925 – December 10, 2011) was an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
Albert W. Overhauser (August 17, 1925 – December 10, 2011) was an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
Albert Sabin
Albert Bruce Sabin was an American medical researcher best known for having developed an oral polio vaccine.
Albert Bruce Sabin was an American medical researcher best known for having developed an oral polio vaccine.
Alberto Calderón
Alberto Pedro Calderón (September 14, 1920 – April 16, 1998) was an Argentine mathematician best known for his work on the theory of partial differential equations and singular integral ...
Alberto Pedro Calderón (September 14, 1920 – April 16, 1998) was an Argentine mathematician best known for his work on the theory of partial differential equations and singular integral ...
Alexander Rich
Alexander Rich, MD is a biologist and biophysicist.
Alexander Rich, MD is a biologist and biophysicist.
Alfred Sturtevant
Alfred Henry Sturtevant (November 21, 1891 – April 5, 1970) was an American geneticist.
Alfred Henry Sturtevant (November 21, 1891 – April 5, 1970) was an American geneticist.
Alfred Y. Cho
Alfred Yi Cho (Chinese: 卓以和;) (born July 10, 1937) is the Adjunct Vice President of Semiconductor Research at Alcatel-Lucent's Bell Labs.
Alfred Yi Cho (Chinese: 卓以和;) (born July 10, 1937) is the Adjunct Vice President of Semiconductor Research at Alcatel-Lucent's Bell Labs.
Allan McLeod Cormack
Allan MacLeod Cormack was a South African-born American physicist who won the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on X-ray computed tomography.
Allan MacLeod Cormack was a South African-born American physicist who won the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on X-ray computed tomography.
Allen Newell
Allen Newell was a researcher in computer science and cognitive psychology at the RAND Corporation and at Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science, Tepper School of Business, and ...
Allen Newell was a researcher in computer science and cognitive psychology at the RAND Corporation and at Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science, Tepper School of Business, and ...
Amnon Yariv
Amnon Yariv (born 1930) is an Israeli-American professor of applied physics and electrical engineering at Caltech, known for innovations in optoelectronics.
Amnon Yariv (born 1930) is an Israeli-American professor of applied physics and electrical engineering at Caltech, known for innovations in optoelectronics.
Andreas Acrivos
Andreas Acrivos (born 13 June 1928) is the Albert Einstein Professor of Science and Engineering, Emeritus at the City College of New York.
Andreas Acrivos (born 13 June 1928) is the Albert Einstein Professor of Science and Engineering, Emeritus at the City College of New York.
Ann Graybiel
Ann Graybiel is a neuroscientist at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT. She is a MIT Institute Professor and a faculty member in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences.
Ann Graybiel is a neuroscientist at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT. She is a MIT Institute Professor and a faculty member in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences.
Anne Anastasi
Anne Anastasi was an American psychologist best known for her pioneering development of psychometrics.
Anne Anastasi was an American psychologist best known for her pioneering development of psychometrics.
Anthony Fauci
Anthony S. Fauci (born: December 24, 1940) is an immunologist who has made substantial contributions to research in the areas of AIDS and other immunodeficiencies, both as a scientist and as the...
Anthony S. Fauci (born: December 24, 1940) is an immunologist who has made substantial contributions to research in the areas of AIDS and other immunodeficiencies, both as a scientist and as the...
Arie Jan Haagen-Smit
Arie Jan Haagen-Smit (December 22, 1900 Utrecht - March 17, 1977, Pasadena, California) was a Dutch chemist.
Arie Jan Haagen-Smit (December 22, 1900 Utrecht - March 17, 1977, Pasadena, California) was a Dutch chemist.
Arnold Orville Beckman
Arnold Orville Beckman was an American chemist who founded Beckman Instruments based on his 1934 invention of the pH meter, a device for measuring acidity.
Arnold Orville Beckman was an American chemist who founded Beckman Instruments based on his 1934 invention of the pH meter, a device for measuring acidity.
Arthur Kornberg
Arthur Kornberg was an American biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1959 for his discovery of "the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid" toget...
Arthur Kornberg was an American biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1959 for his discovery of "the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid" toget...
Arthur Leonard Schawlow
Arthur Leonard Schawlow (May 5, 1921 – April 28, 1999) was an American physicist.
Arthur Leonard Schawlow (May 5, 1921 – April 28, 1999) was an American physicist.
B. F. Skinner
Burrhus Frederic "B. F." Skinner was an American behaviorist, author, inventor, social philosopher and poet.
Burrhus Frederic "B. F." Skinner was an American behaviorist, author, inventor, social philosopher and poet.
Barbara McClintock
Barbara McClintock, the 1983 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, was an American scientist and one of the world's most distinguished cytogeneticists.
Barbara McClintock, the 1983 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, was an American scientist and one of the world's most distinguished cytogeneticists.
Baruj Benacerraf
Baruj Benacerraf was a Venezuelan-born American immunologist, who shared the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the "discovery of the major histocompatibility complex genes which en...
Baruj Benacerraf was a Venezuelan-born American immunologist, who shared the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the "discovery of the major histocompatibility complex genes which en...
Bernard Brodie (military strategist)
Bernard Brodie was an American military strategist well known for establishing the basics of nuclear strategy.
Bernard Brodie was an American military strategist well known for establishing the basics of nuclear strategy.
Bernard M. Oliver
Bernard M. Oliver (1916–1995), aka Barney Oliver, was a scientist who made contributions in many fields, including radar, television, and computers.
Bernard M. Oliver (1916–1995), aka Barney Oliver, was a scientist who made contributions in many fields, including radar, television, and computers.
Berni Alder
Berni Julian Alder is an American physicist specialized in statistical mechanics, and a pioneer of numerical simulation in physics.
Berni Julian Alder is an American physicist specialized in statistical mechanics, and a pioneer of numerical simulation in physics.
Bert W. O'Malley
Bert W. O’Malley, M.D. is the Tom Thompson Distinguished Service Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Baylor College of Medicine.
Bert W. O’Malley, M.D. is the Tom Thompson Distinguished Service Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Baylor College of Medicine.
Berta Scharrer
Berta Vogel Scharrer (December 1, 1906 – July 23, 1995) was a German-born American scientist who helped to found the scientific discipline now known as neuroendocrinology.
Berta Vogel Scharrer (December 1, 1906 – July 23, 1995) was a German-born American scientist who helped to found the scientific discipline now known as neuroendocrinology.
Bradley Efron
Bradley Efron (born May 24, 1938) is an American statistician best known for proposing the bootstrap resampling technique, which has had a major impact in the field of statistics and virtually e...
Bradley Efron (born May 24, 1938) is an American statistician best known for proposing the bootstrap resampling technique, which has had a major impact in the field of statistics and virtually e...
Brent Dalrymple
G. Brent Dalrymple (born May 9, 1937 ) is an American geologist, author of The Age of the Earth and Ancient Earth, Ancient Skies, and National Medal of Science winner.
G. Brent Dalrymple (born May 9, 1937 ) is an American geologist, author of The Age of the Earth and Ancient Earth, Ancient Skies, and National Medal of Science winner.
Britton Chance
Britton Chance was the Eldridge Reeves Johnson University Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Biophysics, as well as Professor Emeritus of Physical Chemistry and Radiological Physics at the U...
Britton Chance was the Eldridge Reeves Johnson University Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Biophysics, as well as Professor Emeritus of Physical Chemistry and Radiological Physics at the U...
Bruno Rossi
Bruno Benedetto Rossi (April 13, 1905 – November 21, 1993) was a leading Italian-American experimental physicist.
Bruno Benedetto Rossi (April 13, 1905 – November 21, 1993) was a leading Italian-American experimental physicist.
C. B. van Niel
Cornelis Bernardus (Kees) van Niel (November 4, 1897, Haarlem – March 10, 1985, Carmel, California) was a Dutch-American microbiologist.
Cornelis Bernardus (Kees) van Niel (November 4, 1897, Haarlem – March 10, 1985, Carmel, California) was a Dutch-American microbiologist.
C. Kumar N. Patel
C. Kumar N. Patel (born 2 July 1938) developed the carbon dioxide laser in 1963; it is now widely used in industry for cutting and welding, as a laser scalpel in surgery, and in laser skin resur...
C. Kumar N. Patel (born 2 July 1938) developed the carbon dioxide laser in 1963; it is now widely used in industry for cutting and welding, as a laser scalpel in surgery, and in laser skin resur...
Calvin Quate
Calvin F. Quate was born on 7 December 1923 in Baker, Nevada.
Calvin F. Quate was born on 7 December 1923 in Baker, Nevada.
Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao
Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao, FRS known as C R Rao is an Indian statistician.
Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao, FRS known as C R Rao is an Indian statistician.
Carl Djerassi
Carl Djerassi is an Austrian-American chemist, novelist, and playwright best known for his contribution to the development of oral contraceptive pills.
Carl Djerassi is an Austrian-American chemist, novelist, and playwright best known for his contribution to the development of oral contraceptive pills.
Carl R. de Boor
Carl-Wilhelm Reinhold de Boor (born 3 December 1937) is a German-American mathematician and professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Carl-Wilhelm Reinhold de Boor (born 3 December 1937) is a German-American mathematician and professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Carl Shipp Marvel
Carl Shipp "Speed" Marvel (born September 11, 1894, Waynesville, Ill., U.S. died January 4, 1988, Tucson, Ariz.) was an American polymer chemist who worked at developing polybenzimidazoles, whic...
Carl Shipp "Speed" Marvel (born September 11, 1894, Waynesville, Ill., U.S. died January 4, 1988, Tucson, Ariz.) was an American polymer chemist who worked at developing polybenzimidazoles, whic...
Carl Woese
Carl Richard Woese (; born July 15, 1928 in Syracuse, New York) is an American microbiologist and physicist.
Carl Richard Woese (; born July 15, 1928 in Syracuse, New York) is an American microbiologist and physicist.
Cathleen Synge Morawetz
Cathleen Synge Morawetz (born May 5, 1923 in Toronto, Canada) is a mathematician.
Cathleen Synge Morawetz (born May 5, 1923 in Toronto, Canada) is a mathematician.
Charles David Keeling
Charles David Keeling (April 20, 1928 – June 20, 2005) was an American scientist whose recording of carbon dioxide at the Mauna Loa Observatory first alerted the world to the possibility of a...
Charles David Keeling (April 20, 1928 – June 20, 2005) was an American scientist whose recording of carbon dioxide at the Mauna Loa Observatory first alerted the world to the possibility of a...
Charles Hard Townes
Charles Hard Townes (born July 28, 1915) is an American Nobel Prize-winning physicist and educator.
Charles Hard Townes (born July 28, 1915) is an American Nobel Prize-winning physicist and educator.
Charles Pence Slichter
Charles Pence Slichter (born January 21, 1924) is an American physicist, best known for his work on nuclear magnetic resonance and superconductivity.
Charles Pence Slichter (born January 21, 1924) is an American physicist, best known for his work on nuclear magnetic resonance and superconductivity.
Charles Stark Draper
Charles Stark Draper was an American scientist and engineer, often referred to as "the father of inertial navigation."
Charles Stark Draper was an American scientist and engineer, often referred to as "the father of inertial navigation."
Charles Yanofsky
Charles Yanofsky (born April 17, 1925) is a leading American geneticist.
Charles Yanofsky (born April 17, 1925) is a leading American geneticist.
Chen Ning Yang
Chen-Ning Franklin Yang (born October 1, 1922) is a Chinese-American physicist who works on statistical mechanics and particle physics.
Chen-Ning Franklin Yang (born October 1, 1922) is a Chinese-American physicist who works on statistical mechanics and particle physics.
Chien-Shiung Wu
Chien-Shiung Wu was a Chinese-American physicist with expertise in the techniques of experimental physics and radioactivity.
Chien-Shiung Wu was a Chinese-American physicist with expertise in the techniques of experimental physics and radioactivity.
Chu Ching-wu
Paul Chu is an American-Chinese physicist specializing in superconductivity, magnetism, and dielectrics.
Paul Chu is an American-Chinese physicist specializing in superconductivity, magnetism, and dielectrics.
Claude Shannon
Claude Elwood Shannon was an American mathematician, electronic engineer, and cryptographer known as "the father of information theory".
Claude Elwood Shannon was an American mathematician, electronic engineer, and cryptographer known as "the father of information theory".
Daniel C. Drucker
Daniel Charles Drucker (June 3, 1918 – September 1, 2001) was an authority on the theory of plasticity in the field of applied mechanics.
Daniel Charles Drucker (June 3, 1918 – September 1, 2001) was an authority on the theory of plasticity in the field of applied mechanics.
Daniel E. Koshland, Jr.
Daniel Edward Koshland, Jr. (30 March 1920, New York City – 23 July 2007, Walnut Creek, California) reorganized the study of biology at the University of California at Berkeley and was the edit...
Daniel Edward Koshland, Jr. (30 March 1920, New York City – 23 July 2007, Walnut Creek, California) reorganized the study of biology at the University of California at Berkeley and was the edit...
Daniel I. Arnon
Daniel Israel Arnon (November 14, 1910 – December 20, 1994) was a Polish-born American plant physiologist whose research led to greater insights into the operation of photosynthesis in plants.
Daniel Israel Arnon (November 14, 1910 – December 20, 1994) was a Polish-born American plant physiologist whose research led to greater insights into the operation of photosynthesis in plants.
Daniel Kleppner
Daniel Kleppner, born 1932, is the Lester Wolfe Professor Emeritus of Physics at MIT and co-director of the MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms.
Daniel Kleppner, born 1932, is the Lester Wolfe Professor Emeritus of Physics at MIT and co-director of the MIT-Harvard Center for Ultracold Atoms.
Daniel Nathans
Daniel Nathans (October 30, 1928 – November 16, 1999) was an American microbiologist.
Daniel Nathans (October 30, 1928 – November 16, 1999) was an American microbiologist.
Darleane C. Hoffman
Darleane C. Hoffman (born November 8, 1926) is an American nuclear chemist who was among the researchers who confirmed the existence of Seaborgium, element 106.
Darleane C. Hoffman (born November 8, 1926) is an American nuclear chemist who was among the researchers who confirmed the existence of Seaborgium, element 106.
David Allan Bromley
David Allan Bromley was a Canadian–American physicist, academic administrator and Science Advisor to American president George H. W. Bush.
David Allan Bromley was a Canadian–American physicist, academic administrator and Science Advisor to American president George H. W. Bush.
David Baltimore
David Baltimore is an American biologist, university administrator, and Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine.
David Baltimore is an American biologist, university administrator, and Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine.
David G. Nathan
David G. Nathan is a pediatrician and hematologist.
David G. Nathan is a pediatrician and hematologist.
David J. Wineland
David J. Wineland is an American physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology physics laboratory in Boulder.
David J. Wineland is an American physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology physics laboratory in Boulder.
Detlev Bronk
Detlev Wulf Bronk (August 13, 1897 – November 17, 1975) was President of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland from 1949 to 1953 and President of the National Academy of Sciences...
Detlev Wulf Bronk (August 13, 1897 – November 17, 1975) was President of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland from 1949 to 1953 and President of the National Academy of Sciences...
Don L. Anderson
Don L. Anderson (* 5 March 1933, in Frederick, Maryland, USA) is a US geophysicist who has made important contributions to the determination of the large-scale structure of the Earth's interior,...
Don L. Anderson (* 5 March 1933, in Frederick, Maryland, USA) is a US geophysicist who has made important contributions to the determination of the large-scale structure of the Earth's interior,...
Donald C. Spencer
Donald Clayton Spencer (April 25, 1912 - December 23, 2001) was an American mathematician, known for major work on deformation theory of structures arising in differential geometry, and on sever...
Donald Clayton Spencer (April 25, 1912 - December 23, 2001) was an American mathematician, known for major work on deformation theory of structures arising in differential geometry, and on sever...
Donald Henderson
Donald Ainslie Henderson, known as D.A. Henderson, (born September 7, 1928) is an American physician and epidemiologist, who headed the international effort during the 1960s to eradicate s...
Donald Ainslie Henderson, known as D.A. Henderson, (born September 7, 1928) is an American physician and epidemiologist, who headed the international effort during the 1960s to eradicate s...
Donald J. Cram
Donald James Cram was an American chemist who shared the 1987 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Jean-Marie Lehn and Charles J. Pedersen "for their development and use of molecules with structure-spe...
Donald James Cram was an American chemist who shared the 1987 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Jean-Marie Lehn and Charles J. Pedersen "for their development and use of molecules with structure-spe...
Donald Knuth
Donald Ervin Knuth ( ; born January 10, 1938) is a computer scientist and Professor Emeritus at Stanford University.
Donald Ervin Knuth ( ; born January 10, 1938) is a computer scientist and Professor Emeritus at Stanford University.
Donald Van Slyke
Donald Dexter Van Slyke (March 29, 1883 – May 4, 1971) was a renowned Dutch American biochemist.
Donald Dexter Van Slyke (March 29, 1883 – May 4, 1971) was a renowned Dutch American biochemist.
Dudley R. Herschbach
Dudley Robert Herschbach (born June 18, 1932) is an American chemist at Harvard University.
Dudley Robert Herschbach (born June 18, 1932) is an American chemist at Harvard University.
E. Donnall Thomas
Dr. Edward Donnall (Don) Thomas (born March 15, 1920) is an American physician, professor emeritus at the University of Washington, and director emeritus of the clinical research division at th...
Dr. Edward Donnall (Don) Thomas (born March 15, 1920) is an American physician, professor emeritus at the University of Washington, and director emeritus of the clinical research division at th...
E. O. Wilson
Edward Osborne Wilson (born June 10, 1929) is an American biologist, researcher (sociobiology, biodiversity), theorist (consilience, biophilia), naturalist (conservationist) and author.
Edward Osborne Wilson (born June 10, 1929) is an American biologist, researcher (sociobiology, biodiversity), theorist (consilience, biophilia), naturalist (conservationist) and author.
Earl Wilbur Sutherland, Jr.
Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr. was an American pharmacologist and biochemist born in Burlingame, Kansas.
Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr. was an American pharmacologist and biochemist born in Burlingame, Kansas.
Ed Heinemann
Edward Henry Heinemann, was a noted military aircraft designer for Douglas Aircraft Company.
Edward Henry Heinemann, was a noted military aircraft designer for Douglas Aircraft Company.
Edgar Bright Wilson
Edgar Bright Wilson, Jr. was born on December 18, 1908 in Gallatin, Tennessee, and died in 1992.
Edgar Bright Wilson, Jr. was born on December 18, 1908 in Gallatin, Tennessee, and died in 1992.
Edward B. Lewis
Edward B. Lewis (May 20, 1918 – July 21, 2004) was an American geneticist, a corecipient of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Edward B. Lewis (May 20, 1918 – July 21, 2004) was an American geneticist, a corecipient of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Edward C. Stone
Edward Carroll Stone (also known as Edward C. Stone) (b.
Edward Carroll Stone (also known as Edward C. Stone) (b.
Edward F. Knipling
Dr. Edward F. Knipling (March 20, 1909 - March 17, 2000) is an American entomologist who, along with his longtime colleague Dr. Raymond C. Bushland, received the 1992 World Food Prize for their ...
Dr. Edward F. Knipling (March 20, 1909 - March 17, 2000) is an American entomologist who, along with his longtime colleague Dr. Raymond C. Bushland, received the 1992 World Food Prize for their ...
Edward Mills Purcell
Edward Mills Purcell was an American physicist who shared the 1952 Nobel Prize for Physics for his independent discovery of nuclear magnetic resonance in liquids and in solids.
Edward Mills Purcell was an American physicist who shared the 1952 Nobel Prize for Physics for his independent discovery of nuclear magnetic resonance in liquids and in solids.
Edward Teller
Edward Teller (Teller Ede; January 15, 1908 – September 9, 2003) was a Hungarian-American theoretical physicist, known colloquially as "the father of the hydrogen bomb", even though he...
Edward Teller (Teller Ede; January 15, 1908 – September 9, 2003) was a Hungarian-American theoretical physicist, known colloquially as "the father of the hydrogen bomb", even though he...
Edward Witten
Edward Witten is an American theoretical physicist with a focus on mathematical physics who is currently a professor of Mathematical Physics at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Edward Witten is an American theoretical physicist with a focus on mathematical physics who is currently a professor of Mathematical Physics at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Edwin H. Land
Edwin Herbert Land was an American scientist and inventor, best known as the co-founder of the Polaroid Corporation.
Edwin Herbert Land was an American scientist and inventor, best known as the co-founder of the Polaroid Corporation.
Edwin McMillan
Edwin Mattison McMillan (September 18, 1907 – September 7, 1991) was an American physicist and Nobel laureate credited with being the first ever to produce a transuranium element.
Edwin Mattison McMillan (September 18, 1907 – September 7, 1991) was an American physicist and Nobel laureate credited with being the first ever to produce a transuranium element.
Edwin N. Lightfoot
Edwin N. Lightfoot is a Chemical Engineer and the Hilldale Professor Emeritus in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Edwin N. Lightfoot is a Chemical Engineer and the Hilldale Professor Emeritus in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Efraim Racker
Efraim Racker (1913–1991) was an Austrian biochemist who was responsible for identifying and purifying Factor 1 (F1), the first part of the ATP synthase enzyme to be characterised.
Efraim Racker (1913–1991) was an Austrian biochemist who was responsible for identifying and purifying Factor 1 (F1), the first part of the ATP synthase enzyme to be characterised.
Eleanor J. Gibson
Eleanor J. Gibson (December 7, 1910 – December 30, 2002) was an American psychologist.
Eleanor J. Gibson (December 7, 1910 – December 30, 2002) was an American psychologist.
Eli Ruckenstein
Dr Eli Ruckenstein is a Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York.
Dr Eli Ruckenstein is a Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York.
Elias M. Stein
Elias Menachem Stein (born January 13, 1931) is a mathematician and a leading figure in the field of harmonic analysis.
Elias Menachem Stein (born January 13, 1931) is a mathematician and a leading figure in the field of harmonic analysis.
Elizabeth F. Neufeld
Elizabeth F. Neufeld (born 1928) is an American geneticist whose research has focused on the genetic basis of metabolic disease in humans.
Elizabeth F. Neufeld (born 1928) is an American geneticist whose research has focused on the genetic basis of metabolic disease in humans.
Elkan Blout
Elkan R. Blout (July 2, 1919 – December 20, 2006) was a Professor of biochemistry at Harvard University.
Elkan R. Blout (July 2, 1919 – December 20, 2006) was a Professor of biochemistry at Harvard University.
Elvin A. Kabat
Elvin Abraham Kabat (September 1, 1914–June 16, 2000) was an American biomedical scientist who is considered one of the founding fathers of modern quantitative immunochemistry together with his ...
Elvin Abraham Kabat (September 1, 1914–June 16, 2000) was an American biomedical scientist who is considered one of the founding fathers of modern quantitative immunochemistry together with his ...
Emmett Leith
Emmett Leith (March 12, 1927 in Detroit, Michigan – December 23, 2005 in Ann Arbor, Michigan) was a professor of electrical engineering at the University of Michigan and, with Juris Upatnieks of...
Emmett Leith (March 12, 1927 in Detroit, Michigan – December 23, 2005 in Ann Arbor, Michigan) was a professor of electrical engineering at the University of Michigan and, with Juris Upatnieks of...
Eric Kandel
Eric Richard Kandel is an American neuropsychiatrist who was a recipient of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his research on the physiological basis of memory storage in neurons.
Eric Richard Kandel is an American neuropsychiatrist who was a recipient of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his research on the physiological basis of memory storage in neurons.
Ernest R. Davidson
Ernest R. Davidson, born October 12, 1936 in Terre Haute, Indiana, is Professor of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. He graduated from Wiley High School, Terre Haute and Ros...
Ernest R. Davidson, born October 12, 1936 in Terre Haute, Indiana, is Professor of Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. He graduated from Wiley High School, Terre Haute and Ros...
Erwin Chargaff
Erwin Chargaff (Czernowitz, August 11, 1905 – New York City, USA, June 20, 2002) was an Austrian biochemist who emigrated to the United States during the Nazi era, and was a Professor of ...
Erwin Chargaff (Czernowitz, August 11, 1905 – New York City, USA, June 20, 2002) was an Austrian biochemist who emigrated to the United States during the Nazi era, and was a Professor of ...
Erwin Wilhelm Müller
Erwin Wilhelm Müller was a German physicist who invented the Field Emission Electron Microscope, the Field Ion Microscope, and the Atom-Probe Field Ion Microscope.
Erwin Wilhelm Müller was a German physicist who invented the Field Emission Electron Microscope, the Field Ion Microscope, and the Atom-Probe Field Ion Microscope.
Eugene Merle Shoemaker
Eugene Merle Shoemaker, American geologist, was one of the founders of the fields of planetary science.
Eugene Merle Shoemaker, American geologist, was one of the founders of the fields of planetary science.
Eugene Parker
Eugene N. Parker (born June 10, 1927) is an American solar astrophysicist who received his B.S. degree in physics from Michigan State University in 1948 and Ph.D. from Caltech in 1951.
Eugene N. Parker (born June 10, 1927) is an American solar astrophysicist who received his B.S. degree in physics from Michigan State University in 1948 and Ph.D. from Caltech in 1951.
Eugene Wigner
Eugene Paul "E. P." Wigner FRS was a Hungarian American theoretical physicist and mathematician.
Eugene Paul "E. P." Wigner FRS was a Hungarian American theoretical physicist and mathematician.
Evelyn M. Witkin
Evelyn M. Witkin, born Evelyn Maisel is an American geneticist whose research has been widely influential in the areas of DNA mutagenesis and DNA repair.
Evelyn M. Witkin, born Evelyn Maisel is an American geneticist whose research has been widely influential in the areas of DNA mutagenesis and DNA repair.
Folke K. Skoog
Folke K. Skoog was a Swedish-born American plant physiologist who was a pioneer in the field of plant growth regulators, particularly cytokinins.
Folke K. Skoog was a Swedish-born American plant physiologist who was a pioneer in the field of plant growth regulators, particularly cytokinins.
Francis Birch (geophysicist)
Albert Francis Birch was an American geophysicist best known for his experimental work on the properties of Earth-forming minerals at high pressure and temperature, in 1952 he published a well-k...
Albert Francis Birch was an American geophysicist best known for his experimental work on the properties of Earth-forming minerals at high pressure and temperature, in 1952 he published a well-k...
Francis Peyton Rous
(Francis) Peyton Rous FRS (October 5, 1879 – February 16, 1970) born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1879 and received his B.A. and M.D. from Johns Hopkins University.
(Francis) Peyton Rous FRS (October 5, 1879 – February 16, 1970) born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1879 and received his B.A. and M.D. from Johns Hopkins University.
Francisco J. Ayala
Francisco José Ayala Pereda is a Spanish-American biologist and philosopher at the University of California, Irvine.
Francisco José Ayala Pereda is a Spanish-American biologist and philosopher at the University of California, Irvine.
Frank Westheimer
Frank Henry Westheimer (January 15, 1912 – April 14, 2007) was an American chemist.
Frank Henry Westheimer (January 15, 1912 – April 14, 2007) was an American chemist.
Frederick Rossini
Frederick Dominic Rossini (1899- 1990) was an American thermodynamicist noted for his work in chemical thermodynamics.
Frederick Dominic Rossini (1899- 1990) was an American thermodynamicist noted for his work in chemical thermodynamics.
Fritz Albert Lipmann
Fritz Albert Lipmann was a German-American biochemist and a co-discoverer in 1945 of coenzyme A. For this, together with other research on coenzyme A, he was awarded half the Nobel Prize in Phys...
Fritz Albert Lipmann was a German-American biochemist and a co-discoverer in 1945 of coenzyme A. For this, together with other research on coenzyme A, he was awarded half the Nobel Prize in Phys...
G. Evelyn Hutchinson
George Evelyn Hutchinson FRS (January 30, 1903 – May 17, 1991) was an Anglo-American zoologist known for his studies of freshwater lakes and considered the father of American limnology.
George Evelyn Hutchinson FRS (January 30, 1903 – May 17, 1991) was an Anglo-American zoologist known for his studies of freshwater lakes and considered the father of American limnology.
G. Ledyard Stebbins
George Ledyard Stebbins, Jr. (January 6, 1906 – January 19, 2000) was an American botanist and geneticist who is widely regarded as one of the leading evolutionary biologists of the 20th century.
George Ledyard Stebbins, Jr. (January 6, 1906 – January 19, 2000) was an American botanist and geneticist who is widely regarded as one of the leading evolutionary biologists of the 20th century.
Gene Likens
Gene Elden Likens (born January 6, 1935) is an American ecologist and a leading pioneer in the study of acid rain.
Gene Elden Likens (born January 6, 1935) is an American ecologist and a leading pioneer in the study of acid rain.
George Armitage Miller
George Armitage Miller (born February 3, 1920 in Charleston, West Virginia) is the author of one of the most highly cited papers in psychology, "The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two" publ...
George Armitage Miller (born February 3, 1920 in Charleston, West Virginia) is the author of one of the most highly cited papers in psychology, "The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two" publ...
George Bass (archaeologist)
George Fletcher Bass is recognized as one of the early practitioners of underwater archaeology, along with Peter Throckmorton, Honor Frost, and others.
George Fletcher Bass is recognized as one of the early practitioners of underwater archaeology, along with Peter Throckmorton, Honor Frost, and others.
George C. Pimentel
George Claude Pimentel (May 2, 1922 – June 18, 1989) was the inventor of the chemical laser.
George Claude Pimentel (May 2, 1922 – June 18, 1989) was the inventor of the chemical laser.
George Dantzig
George Bernard Dantzig was an American mathematical scientist who made important contributions to operations research, computer science, economics, and statistics.
George Bernard Dantzig was an American mathematical scientist who made important contributions to operations research, computer science, economics, and statistics.
George Emil Palade
George Emil Palade (November 19, 1912 – October 7, 2008) was a Romanian cell biologist.
George Emil Palade (November 19, 1912 – October 7, 2008) was a Romanian cell biologist.
George Eugene Uhlenbeck
George Eugene Uhlenbeck was a Dutch-born American theoretical physicist.
George Eugene Uhlenbeck was a Dutch-born American theoretical physicist.
George F. Carrier
George Francis Carrier was a mathematician and the T. Jefferson Coolidge Professor of Applied Mathematics Emeritus of Harvard University.
George Francis Carrier was a mathematician and the T. Jefferson Coolidge Professor of Applied Mathematics Emeritus of Harvard University.
George Gaylord Simpson
George Gaylord Simpson (16 June 1902 – 6 October 1984) was an American paleontologist.
George Gaylord Simpson (16 June 1902 – 6 October 1984) was an American paleontologist.
George H. Heilmeier
George Harry Heilmeier (born May 22, 1936) is an American engineer and businessman, who was a pioneering contributor to liquid crystal displays.
George Harry Heilmeier (born May 22, 1936) is an American engineer and businessman, who was a pioneering contributor to liquid crystal displays.
George Kistiakowsky
George Bogdan Kistiakowsky was a Ukrainian-American chemistry professor at Harvard who participated in the Manhattan Project and later served as President Eisenhower's Science Advisor.
George Bogdan Kistiakowsky was a Ukrainian-American chemistry professor at Harvard who participated in the Manhattan Project and later served as President Eisenhower's Science Advisor.
George Low
George Michael Low, born George Wilhelm Low was a NASA administrator and 14th President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
George Michael Low, born George Wilhelm Low was a NASA administrator and 14th President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
George M. Whitesides
George M. Whitesides (b. August 3, 1939, Louisville, Kentucky) is an American chemist and professor of chemistry at Harvard University.
George M. Whitesides (b. August 3, 1939, Louisville, Kentucky) is an American chemist and professor of chemistry at Harvard University.
George Mueller (NASA)
George Mueller (born July 16, 1918) was Associate Administrator of the NASA Office of Manned Space Flight from September 1963 until December 1969.
George Mueller (born July 16, 1918) was Associate Administrator of the NASA Office of Manned Space Flight from September 1963 until December 1969.
George Pake
George Pake was a physicist and research executive primarily known for helping found Xerox PARC. Pake earned his bachelors and masters degrees from the Carnegie Institute of Technology and his d...
George Pake was a physicist and research executive primarily known for helping found Xerox PARC. Pake earned his bachelors and masters degrees from the Carnegie Institute of Technology and his d...
George S. Hammond
George S. Hammond (1921 - October 5, 2005) was a chemist at Iowa State University and the California Institute of Technology.
George S. Hammond (1921 - October 5, 2005) was a chemist at Iowa State University and the California Institute of Technology.
George Stigler
George Joseph Stigler was a U.S. economist.
George Joseph Stigler was a U.S. economist.
George Uhlenbeck
George Eugene Uhlenbeck (December 6, 1900, Batavia, Dutch East Indies – October 31, 1988, Boulder, Colorado) was a Dutch-born American theoretical physicist.
George Eugene Uhlenbeck (December 6, 1900, Batavia, Dutch East Indies – October 31, 1988, Boulder, Colorado) was a Dutch-born American theoretical physicist.
George W. Housner
George W. Housner (December 9, 1910 (Saginaw, Michigan) - November 10, 2008 (Pasadena, California)) was an eminent authority on earthquake engineering and National Medal of Science laureate.
George W. Housner (December 9, 1910 (Saginaw, Michigan) - November 10, 2008 (Pasadena, California)) was an eminent authority on earthquake engineering and National Medal of Science laureate.
George Wetherill
George Wetherill (August 12, 1925 -- July 19, 2006) was the Director Emeritus, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, DC, USA.
George Wetherill (August 12, 1925 -- July 19, 2006) was the Director Emeritus, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, DC, USA.
Gertrude B. Elion
Gertrude Belle Elion (January 23, 1918 – February 21, 1999) was an American biochemist and pharmacologist, and a 1988 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Gertrude Belle Elion (January 23, 1918 – February 21, 1999) was an American biochemist and pharmacologist, and a 1988 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Gilbert F. White
Gilbert Fowler White (November 26, 1911 in Chicago – October 5, 2006 in Boulder, Colorado) was a prominent American geographer, sometimes termed the "father of floodplain management" and the "le...
Gilbert Fowler White (November 26, 1911 in Chicago – October 5, 2006 in Boulder, Colorado) was a prominent American geographer, sometimes termed the "father of floodplain management" and the "le...
Glenn T. Seaborg
Glenn Theodore Seaborg (Glenn Teodor Sjöberg; April 19, 1912 – February 25, 1999) was an American scientist who won the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "discoveries in the chemistry of the tra...
Glenn Theodore Seaborg (Glenn Teodor Sjöberg; April 19, 1912 – February 25, 1999) was an American scientist who won the 1951 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "discoveries in the chemistry of the tra...
Gordon H. Bower
Gordon H. Bower is a cognitive psychologist studying human memory, language comprehension, emotion, and behavior modification.
Gordon H. Bower is a cognitive psychologist studying human memory, language comprehension, emotion, and behavior modification.
Gregory Breit
Gregory Breit (July 14, 1899 – September 11, 1981) was a Russian-born American physicist and professor at universities in New York, Wisconsin, Yale, and Buffalo.
Gregory Breit (July 14, 1899 – September 11, 1981) was a Russian-born American physicist and professor at universities in New York, Wisconsin, Yale, and Buffalo.
Guyford Stever
Horton Guyford Stever was an American administrator, physicist, educator, and engineer.
Horton Guyford Stever was an American administrator, physicist, educator, and engineer.
Gábor A. Somorjai
Gabor A. Somorjai is currently a professor at the University of California, Berkeley and is a leading researcher in the field of surface chemistry and catalysis.
Gabor A. Somorjai is currently a professor at the University of California, Berkeley and is a leading researcher in the field of surface chemistry and catalysis.
Hallowell Davis
Hallowell Davis (August 31, 1896 – August 22, 1992) was an American physiologist and otolaryngologist and researcher who did pioneering work on the physiology of hearing and the inner ear.
Hallowell Davis (August 31, 1896 – August 22, 1992) was an American physiologist and otolaryngologist and researcher who did pioneering work on the physiology of hearing and the inner ear.
Hans Bethe
Hans Albrecht Bethe (; July 2, 1906 – March 6, 2005) was a German-American nuclear physicist, and Nobel laureate in physics for his work on the theory of stellar nucleosynthesis.
Hans Albrecht Bethe (; July 2, 1906 – March 6, 2005) was a German-American nuclear physicist, and Nobel laureate in physics for his work on the theory of stellar nucleosynthesis.
Hans Georg Dehmelt
Hans Georg Dehmelt (born September 9, 1922 in Görlitz, Germany) is a German-born American physicist, who co-developed the ion trap technique with Wolfgang Paul, for which they shared one-half of...
Hans Georg Dehmelt (born September 9, 1922 in Görlitz, Germany) is a German-born American physicist, who co-developed the ion trap technique with Wolfgang Paul, for which they shared one-half of...
Hans W. Liepmann
Hans Wolfgang Liepmann ( July 3, 1914 - June 24, 2009 ) German American engineer and emeritus Theodore von Kármán Professor of Aeronautics at the California Institute of Technology.
Hans Wolfgang Liepmann ( July 3, 1914 - June 24, 2009 ) German American engineer and emeritus Theodore von Kármán Professor of Aeronautics at the California Institute of Technology.
Har Gobind Khorana
Har Gobind Khorana also known as Hargobind Khorana was a biochemist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1968 with Marshall W. Nirenberg and Robert W. Holley for researc...
Har Gobind Khorana also known as Hargobind Khorana was a biochemist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1968 with Marshall W. Nirenberg and Robert W. Holley for researc...
Harden M. McConnell
Harden M. McConnell (born July 18, 1927 in Richmond, Virginia) is an American physical chemist at Stanford University.
Harden M. McConnell (born July 18, 1927 in Richmond, Virginia) is an American physical chemist at Stanford University.
Harold E. Varmus
Harold Elliot Varmus is an American Nobel Prize-winning scientist and the 14th and current Director of the National Cancer Institute, a post he was appointed to by President Barack Obama.
Harold Elliot Varmus is an American Nobel Prize-winning scientist and the 14th and current Director of the National Cancer Institute, a post he was appointed to by President Barack Obama.
Harold Eugene Edgerton
Harold Eugene "Doc" Edgerton was a professor of electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Harold Eugene "Doc" Edgerton was a professor of electrical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Harold Urey
Harold Clayton Urey was an American physical chemist whose pioneering work on isotopes earned him the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1934.
Harold Clayton Urey was an American physical chemist whose pioneering work on isotopes earned him the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1934.
Harry B. Gray
Harry Barkus Gray is the Arnold O. Beckman Professor of Chemistry at California Institute of Technology.
Harry Barkus Gray is the Arnold O. Beckman Professor of Chemistry at California Institute of Technology.
Harry Bolton Seed
Harry Bolton Seed (August 19, 1922 - April 23, 1989) was an educator, scholar, former Professor at the University of California, Berkeley.
Harry Bolton Seed (August 19, 1922 - April 23, 1989) was an educator, scholar, former Professor at the University of California, Berkeley.
Harry Eagle
Harry Eagle (born in New York City on 1905; died June 21, 1992) was an American physician and pathologist.
Harry Eagle (born in New York City on 1905; died June 21, 1992) was an American physician and pathologist.
Harry George Drickamer
Prof. Harry George Drickamer (November 19, 1918 – May 6, 2002), born Harold George Weidenthal, was a pioneer experimentalist in high-pressure studies of condensed matter.
Prof. Harry George Drickamer (November 19, 1918 – May 6, 2002), born Harold George Weidenthal, was a pioneer experimentalist in high-pressure studies of condensed matter.
Harry Harlow
Harry Frederick Harlow (October 31, 1905 – December 6, 1981) was an American psychologist best known for his maternal-separation and social isolation experiments on rhesus monkeys, which d...
Harry Frederick Harlow (October 31, 1905 – December 6, 1981) was an American psychologist best known for his maternal-separation and social isolation experiments on rhesus monkeys, which d...
Hassler Whitney
Hassler Whitney was an American mathematician.
Hassler Whitney was an American mathematician.
Helmut Landsberg
Helmut Erich Landsberg was a noted and influential climatologist.
Helmut Erich Landsberg was a noted and influential climatologist.
Henry Eyring
Henry Eyring (February 20, 1901 – December 26, 1981) was a Mexican-born American theoretical chemist whose primary contribution was in the study of chemical reaction rates and intermediates.
Henry Eyring (February 20, 1901 – December 26, 1981) was a Mexican-born American theoretical chemist whose primary contribution was in the study of chemical reaction rates and intermediates.
Henry Stommel
Henry Melson Stommel (September 27, 1920 - January 17, 1992) was a major contributor to the field of physical oceanography.
Henry Melson Stommel (September 27, 1920 - January 17, 1992) was a major contributor to the field of physical oceanography.
Henry Taube
Henry Taube, Ph.D, M.Sc, B.Sc, FRSC was a Canadian-born American chemist noted for having been awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "his work in the mechanisms of electron-transfer reac...
Henry Taube, Ph.D, M.Sc, B.Sc, FRSC was a Canadian-born American chemist noted for having been awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for "his work in the mechanisms of electron-transfer reac...
Herbert A. Simon
Herbert Alexander Simon (June 15, 1916 – February 9, 2001) was an American political scientist, economist, sociologist, and psychologist, and professor—most notably at Carnegie Mellon University...
Herbert Alexander Simon (June 15, 1916 – February 9, 2001) was an American political scientist, economist, sociologist, and psychologist, and professor—most notably at Carnegie Mellon University...
Herbert Boyer
Herbert W. Boyer (born July 10, 1936) is a recipient of the 1990 National Medal of Science, co-recipient of the 1996 Lemelson-MIT Prize, and a co-founder of Genentech.
Herbert W. Boyer (born July 10, 1936) is a recipient of the 1990 National Medal of Science, co-recipient of the 1996 Lemelson-MIT Prize, and a co-founder of Genentech.
Herbert C. Brown
Herbert Charles Brown (May 22, 1912 – December 19, 2004) was a chemist and Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate for his work with organoboranes.
Herbert Charles Brown (May 22, 1912 – December 19, 2004) was a chemist and Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate for his work with organoboranes.
Herbert Friedman
Herbert Friedman (June 21, 1916 – September 9, 2000) was an American pioneer in the application of sounding rockets to solar physics, aeronomy, and astronomy.
Herbert Friedman (June 21, 1916 – September 9, 2000) was an American pioneer in the application of sounding rockets to solar physics, aeronomy, and astronomy.
Herbert S. Gutowsky
Herbert S. Gutowsky was an American chemist who was a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Herbert S. Gutowsky was an American chemist who was a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Herbert Simon
Herbert Alexander Simon was an American political scientist, economist, sociologist, and psychologist, and professor—most notably at Carnegie Mellon University—whose research ranged across the f...
Herbert Alexander Simon was an American political scientist, economist, sociologist, and psychologist, and professor—most notably at Carnegie Mellon University—whose research ranged across the f...
Herman Feshbach
Herman Feshbach (February 2, 1917, in New York City — 22 December, 2000, in Cambridge, Massachusetts) was an American physicist.
Herman Feshbach (February 2, 1917, in New York City — 22 December, 2000, in Cambridge, Massachusetts) was an American physicist.
Herman Francis Mark
Herman Francis Mark (May 3, 1895 - April 6, 1992) was an Austrian-American chemist regarded for his contributions to the development of polymer science.
Herman Francis Mark (May 3, 1895 - April 6, 1992) was an Austrian-American chemist regarded for his contributions to the development of polymer science.
Herman Goldstine
Herman Heine Goldstine, mathematician and computer scientist, who was one of the original developers of ENIAC, the first of the modern electronic digital computers.
Herman Heine Goldstine, mathematician and computer scientist, who was one of the original developers of ENIAC, the first of the modern electronic digital computers.
Hermann A. Haus
Hermann Anton Haus was a Slovene-American physicist, electrical engineer, and Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Hermann Anton Haus was a Slovene-American physicist, electrical engineer, and Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Horace Barker
Horace Albert "Nook" Barker (November 29, 1907 – December 24, 2000) was an American biochemist and microbiologist who studied the operation of biological and chemical processes in plants, ...
Horace Albert "Nook" Barker (November 29, 1907 – December 24, 2000) was an American biochemist and microbiologist who studied the operation of biological and chemical processes in plants, ...
Howard Ensign Simmons, Jr.
Howard Ensign Simmons, Jr. (June 17, 1929 – April 26, 1997) was an American chemist who discovered the Simmons-Smith reaction.
Howard Ensign Simmons, Jr. (June 17, 1929 – April 26, 1997) was an American chemist who discovered the Simmons-Smith reaction.
Howard Martin Temin
Howard Martin Temin (December 10, 1934 – February 9, 1994) was a U.S. geneticist.
Howard Martin Temin (December 10, 1934 – February 9, 1994) was a U.S. geneticist.
Hugh Latimer Dryden
Hugh Latimer Dryden (July 2, 1898 – December 2, 1965) was an aeronautical scientist and civil servant.
Hugh Latimer Dryden (July 2, 1898 – December 2, 1965) was an aeronautical scientist and civil servant.
Hyman Bass
Hyman Bass (born October 5, 1932, Houston, Texas) is an American mathematician, known for work in algebra and in mathematics education.
Hyman Bass (born October 5, 1932, Houston, Texas) is an American mathematician, known for work in algebra and in mathematics education.
Igor Sikorsky
Igor Sikorsky, born Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky, was a Russian American pioneer of aviation in both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft.
Igor Sikorsky, born Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky, was a Russian American pioneer of aviation in both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft.
Isabella Karle
Isabella Helen Lugoski Karle has made a number of major contributions to the development of x-ray crystallography.
Isabella Helen Lugoski Karle has made a number of major contributions to the development of x-ray crystallography.
Isadore Singer
Isadore Manuel Singer (born April 24, 1924) is an Institute Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Isadore Manuel Singer (born April 24, 1924) is an Institute Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
J. Michael Bishop
John Michael Bishop (born February 22, 1936) is an American immunologist and microbiologist who shared the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Harold E. Varmus and was co-winner of 1...
John Michael Bishop (born February 22, 1936) is an American immunologist and microbiologist who shared the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Harold E. Varmus and was co-winner of 1...
J. Presper Eckert
John Adam Presper "Pres" Eckert Jr. (April 9, 1919 – June 3, 1995) was an American electrical engineer and computer pioneer.
John Adam Presper "Pres" Eckert Jr. (April 9, 1919 – June 3, 1995) was an American electrical engineer and computer pioneer.
Jack Kilby
Jack St. Clair Kilby (November 8, 1923 – June 20, 2005) was an American physicist who took part (along with Robert Noyce) in the realization of the first integrated circuit while working at Texa...
Jack St. Clair Kilby (November 8, 1923 – June 20, 2005) was an American physicist who took part (along with Robert Noyce) in the realization of the first integrated circuit while working at Texa...
Jack Steinberger
Jack Steinberger (born May 25, 1921) is a German-American physicist currently residing near Geneva, Switzerland.
Jack Steinberger (born May 25, 1921) is a German-American physicist currently residing near Geneva, Switzerland.
Jacob Bjerknes
Jacob Aall Bonnevie Bjerknes (November 2, 1897 – July 7, 1975) was a Norwegian-American meteorologist.
Jacob Aall Bonnevie Bjerknes (November 2, 1897 – July 7, 1975) was a Norwegian-American meteorologist.
Jacqueline Barton
Jacqueline K. Barton (born May 7, 1952) is an American chemist.
Jacqueline K. Barton (born May 7, 1952) is an American chemist.
James D. Watson
James Dewey Watson is an American molecular biologist, geneticist, and zoologist, best known as a co-discoverer of the structure of DNA in 1953 with Francis Crick.
James Dewey Watson is an American molecular biologist, geneticist, and zoologist, best known as a co-discoverer of the structure of DNA in 1953 with Francis Crick.
James E. Darnell
James Edwin Darnell Jr. (born September 9, 1930 - Columbus, Mississippi) is an American biologist who made significant contributions to RNA processing and cytokine signaling and is author of the...
James Edwin Darnell Jr. (born September 9, 1930 - Columbus, Mississippi) is an American biologist who made significant contributions to RNA processing and cytokine signaling and is author of the...
James Glimm
James Gilbert Glimm (born 24 March 1934) is an American mathematical physicist, and Professor at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
James Gilbert Glimm (born 24 March 1934) is an American mathematical physicist, and Professor at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
James L. Flanagan
James Loton Flanagan is an electrical engineer, and was Rutgers University's vice president for research until 2004.
James Loton Flanagan is an electrical engineer, and was Rutgers University's vice president for research until 2004.
James V. Neel
James Van Gundia Neel (March 22, 1915 – February 1, 2000) was an American geneticist who played a key role in the development of human genetics as a field of research in the United States.
James Van Gundia Neel (March 22, 1915 – February 1, 2000) was an American geneticist who played a key role in the development of human genetics as a field of research in the United States.
James Van Allen
James Alfred Van Allen (September 7, 1914August 9, 2006) was an American space scientist at the University of Iowa.
James Alfred Van Allen (September 7, 1914August 9, 2006) was an American space scientist at the University of Iowa.
Janet Rowley
Janet Davison Rowley (born April 5, 1925) is an American human geneticist and the first scientist to identify a chromosomal translocation as the cause of leukemia and other cancers.
Janet Davison Rowley (born April 5, 1925) is an American human geneticist and the first scientist to identify a chromosomal translocation as the cause of leukemia and other cancers.
Jared Diamond
Jared Mason Diamond is an American scientist and author best known for his popular science books The Third Chimpanzee, Guns, Germs, and Steel, and Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fai...
Jared Mason Diamond is an American scientist and author best known for his popular science books The Third Chimpanzee, Guns, Germs, and Steel, and Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fai...
Jay Laurence Lush
Jay Laurence Lush (, Shambaugh, Iowa - ) was a pioneering animal geneticist who made important contributions to livestock breeding.
Jay Laurence Lush (, Shambaugh, Iowa - ) was a pioneering animal geneticist who made important contributions to livestock breeding.
Jeremiah P. Ostriker
Jeremiah (Jerry) Paul Ostriker (born 1937) is an astrophysicist at Princeton University.
Jeremiah (Jerry) Paul Ostriker (born 1937) is an astrophysicist at Princeton University.
Jerzy Neyman
Jerzy Neyman FRS (April 16, 1894 – August 5, 1981), born Jerzy Spława-Neyman, was a Polish American mathematician and statistician who spent most of his professional career at the Universi...
Jerzy Neyman FRS (April 16, 1894 – August 5, 1981), born Jerzy Spława-Neyman, was a Polish American mathematician and statistician who spent most of his professional career at the Universi...
Jesse Beams
Jesse Wakefield Beams (December 25, 1898 in Belle Plaine, Kansas; died July 23, 1977) was an American physicist at the University of Virginia.
Jesse Wakefield Beams (December 25, 1898 in Belle Plaine, Kansas; died July 23, 1977) was an American physicist at the University of Virginia.
Joan A. Steitz
Joan Argetsinger Steitz is a molecular biologist at Yale University, famed for her discoveries involving RNA, including ground-breaking insights such as that ribosomes interact with mRNA by comp...
Joan Argetsinger Steitz is a molecular biologist at Yale University, famed for her discoveries involving RNA, including ground-breaking insights such as that ribosomes interact with mRNA by comp...
John Archibald Wheeler
John Archibald Wheeler was an American theoretical physicist who was largely responsible for reviving interest in general relativity in the United States after World War II. Wheeler also worked ...
John Archibald Wheeler was an American theoretical physicist who was largely responsible for reviving interest in general relativity in the United States after World War II. Wheeler also worked ...
John Backus
John Warner Backus (December 3, 1924 – March 17, 2007) was an American computer scientist.
John Warner Backus (December 3, 1924 – March 17, 2007) was an American computer scientist.
John Bardeen
John Bardeen was an American physicist and electrical engineer, the only person to have won the Nobel Prize in Physics twice: first in 1956 with William Shockley and Walter Brattain for the inve...
John Bardeen was an American physicist and electrical engineer, the only person to have won the Nobel Prize in Physics twice: first in 1956 with William Shockley and Walter Brattain for the inve...
John C. Slater
John Clarke Slater (December 22, 1900 – July 25, 1976) was a noted American physicist who made major contributions to the theory of the electronic structure of atoms, molecules and solids.
John Clarke Slater (December 22, 1900 – July 25, 1976) was a noted American physicist who made major contributions to the theory of the electronic structure of atoms, molecules and solids.
John Cocke
John Cocke was an American computer scientist recognized for his large contribution to computer architecture and optimizing compiler design.
John Cocke was an American computer scientist recognized for his large contribution to computer architecture and optimizing compiler design.
John D. Roberts
John Dombrowski Roberts (born 8 June 1918) is an American chemist.
John Dombrowski Roberts (born 8 June 1918) is an American chemist.
John G. Thompson
John Griggs Thompson is a mathematician at the University of Florida noted for his work in the field of finite groups.
John Griggs Thompson is a mathematician at the University of Florida noted for his work in the field of finite groups.
John H. Sinfelt
John H. Sinfelt was an American chemical engineer whose research on catalytic reforming was responsible for the introduction of unleaded gasoline.
John H. Sinfelt was an American chemical engineer whose research on catalytic reforming was responsible for the introduction of unleaded gasoline.
John Hasbrouck Van Vleck
John Hasbrouck Van Vleck was an American physicist and mathematician, co-awarded the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physics, for his contributions to the understanding of the behavior of electrons in magne...
John Hasbrouck Van Vleck was an American physicist and mathematician, co-awarded the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physics, for his contributions to the understanding of the behavior of electrons in magne...
John McCarthy (computer scientist)
John McCarthy (September 4, 1927 – October 24, 2011) was an American computer scientist and cognitive scientist.
John McCarthy (September 4, 1927 – October 24, 2011) was an American computer scientist and cognitive scientist.
John Milnor
John Willard Milnor is an American mathematician known for his work in differential topology, K-theory and dynamical systems.
John Willard Milnor is an American mathematician known for his work in differential topology, K-theory and dynamical systems.
John N. Bahcall
John Norris Bahcall (December 30, 1934 – August 17, 2005) was an American astrophysicist, best known for his contributions to the solar neutrino problem, the development of the Hubble Spac...
John Norris Bahcall (December 30, 1934 – August 17, 2005) was an American astrophysicist, best known for his contributions to the solar neutrino problem, the development of the Hubble Spac...
John Robert Schrieffer
John Robert Schrieffer is an American physicist and, with John Bardeen and Leon N Cooper, recipient of the 1972 Nobel Prize for Physics for developing the BCS theory, the first successful micros...
John Robert Schrieffer is an American physicist and, with John Bardeen and Leon N Cooper, recipient of the 1972 Nobel Prize for Physics for developing the BCS theory, the first successful micros...
John Ross (chemist)
John Ross (born 1926) is Camille and Henry Dreyfus Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus, at Stanford University.
John Ross (born 1926) is Camille and Henry Dreyfus Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus, at Stanford University.
John Roy Whinnery
John Roy Whinnery (July 26, 1916 – February 1, 2009) was an American electrical engineer and educator who worked in the fields of microwave theory and laser experimentation.
John Roy Whinnery (July 26, 1916 – February 1, 2009) was an American electrical engineer and educator who worked in the fields of microwave theory and laser experimentation.
John Tukey
John Wilder Tukey ForMemRS (June 16, 1915 – July 26, 2000) was an American statistician best known for development of the FFT algorithm and box plot.
John Wilder Tukey ForMemRS (June 16, 1915 – July 26, 2000) was an American statistician best known for development of the FFT algorithm and box plot.
John W. Cahn
John Werner Cahn (born January 9, 1928, Cologne, Germany) is an American scientist and winner of the 1998 National Medal of Science.
John Werner Cahn (born January 9, 1928, Cologne, Germany) is an American scientist and winner of the 1998 National Medal of Science.
Joseph Keller
Joseph B. Keller (born July 31, 1923, Paterson, New Jersey) is an American mathematician who specializes in applied mathematics.
Joseph B. Keller (born July 31, 1923, Paterson, New Jersey) is an American mathematician who specializes in applied mathematics.
Joseph L. Goldstein
Joseph L. Goldstein from Kingstree, South Carolina is a Nobel Prize winning biochemist and geneticist, and a pioneer in the study of cholesterol metabolism.
Joseph L. Goldstein from Kingstree, South Carolina is a Nobel Prize winning biochemist and geneticist, and a pioneer in the study of cholesterol metabolism.
Joseph Leo Doob
Joseph Leo Doob (February 27, 1910–June 7, 2004) was an American mathematician, specializing in analysis and probability theory.
Joseph Leo Doob (February 27, 1910–June 7, 2004) was an American mathematician, specializing in analysis and probability theory.
Joshua Lederberg
Joshua Lederberg ForMemRS was an American molecular biologist known for his work in microbial genetics, artificial intelligence, and the United States space program.
Joshua Lederberg ForMemRS was an American molecular biologist known for his work in microbial genetics, artificial intelligence, and the United States space program.
Karen Uhlenbeck
Karen Keskulla Uhlenbeck (born August 24, 1942 in Cleveland, Ohio) is a professor and Sid W. Richardson Regents Chairholder in the Department of Mathematics at The University of Texas in Austin.
Karen Keskulla Uhlenbeck (born August 24, 1942 in Cleveland, Ohio) is a professor and Sid W. Richardson Regents Chairholder in the Department of Mathematics at The University of Texas in Austin.
Karl August Folkers
Karl August Folkers (September 1, 1906 – December 7, 1997) was an American biochemist, working at Merck, and best known for his role in the isolation of vitamin B12.
Karl August Folkers (September 1, 1906 – December 7, 1997) was an American biochemist, working at Merck, and best known for his role in the isolation of vitamin B12.
Kelly Johnson (engineer)
Clarence Leonard "Kelly" Johnson was an American system engineer and aeronautical innovator, earned renown for his contributions to many noteworthy aircraft designs, especially the Lockheed U-2 ...
Clarence Leonard "Kelly" Johnson was an American system engineer and aeronautical innovator, earned renown for his contributions to many noteworthy aircraft designs, especially the Lockheed U-2 ...
Kenneth Arrow
Kenneth Joseph Arrow (born August 23, 1921) is an American economist and joint winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics with John Hicks in 1972.
Kenneth Joseph Arrow (born August 23, 1921) is an American economist and joint winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics with John Hicks in 1972.
Kenneth N. Stevens
Kenneth N. Stevens is Clarence J. LeBel Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and Professor of Health Sciences and Technology at MIT. Stevens heads the Speech Communication G...
Kenneth N. Stevens is Clarence J. LeBel Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and Professor of Health Sciences and Technology at MIT. Stevens heads the Speech Communication G...
Kenneth Pitzer
Kenneth Sanborn Pitzer (January 6, 1914 – December 26, 1997) was an American physical and theoretical chemist, educator, and university president.
Kenneth Sanborn Pitzer (January 6, 1914 – December 26, 1997) was an American physical and theoretical chemist, educator, and university president.
Kenneth Stewart Cole
Kenneth Stewart Cole (July 10, 1900 – April 18, 1984) was an American biophysicist described by his peers as "a pioneer in the application of physical science to biology".
Kenneth Stewart Cole (July 10, 1900 – April 18, 1984) was an American biophysicist described by his peers as "a pioneer in the application of physical science to biology".
Kurt O. Friedrichs
Kurt Otto Friedrichs (September 28, 1901 – December 31, 1982) was a noted German American mathematician.
Kurt Otto Friedrichs (September 28, 1901 – December 31, 1982) was a noted German American mathematician.
Lars Onsager
Lars Onsager (November 27, 1903 – October 5, 1976) was a Norwegian-born American physical chemist and theoretical physicist, winner of the 1968 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Lars Onsager (November 27, 1903 – October 5, 1976) was a Norwegian-born American physical chemist and theoretical physicist, winner of the 1968 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Leo Beranek
Leo Leroy Beranek (born September 15, 1914) is an acoustics expert, former MIT professor and a founder and former president of Bolt, Beranek and Newman (now BBN Technologies).
Leo Leroy Beranek (born September 15, 1914) is an acoustics expert, former MIT professor and a founder and former president of Bolt, Beranek and Newman (now BBN Technologies).
Leo Kadanoff
Leo Kadanoff is a professor of physics at the University of Chicago and a former President of the American Physical Society.
Leo Kadanoff is a professor of physics at the University of Chicago and a former President of the American Physical Society.
Leon M. Lederman
Leon Max Lederman (born July 15, 1922) is an American experimental physicist and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate for his work with neutrinos.
Leon Max Lederman (born July 15, 1922) is an American experimental physicist and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate for his work with neutrinos.
Leonid Hurwicz
Leonid "Leo" Hurwicz (August 21, 1917 – June 24, 2008) was a Russian-born American economist and mathematician.
Leonid "Leo" Hurwicz (August 21, 1917 – June 24, 2008) was a Russian-born American economist and mathematician.
Lewis Hastings Sarett
Lewis Hastings Sarett (December 22, 1917 – November 29, 1999) was an American organic chemist.
Lewis Hastings Sarett (December 22, 1917 – November 29, 1999) was an American organic chemist.
Linus Pauling
Linus Carl Pauling (February 28, 1901 – August 19, 1994) was an American chemist, biochemist, peace activist, author, and educator.
Linus Carl Pauling (February 28, 1901 – August 19, 1994) was an American chemist, biochemist, peace activist, author, and educator.
Lonnie Thompson
Lonnie Thompson (born July 1, 1948), is an American paleoclimatologist and Distinguished University Professor in the School of Earth Sciences at The Ohio State University.
Lonnie Thompson (born July 1, 1948), is an American paleoclimatologist and Distinguished University Professor in the School of Earth Sciences at The Ohio State University.
Louis Nirenberg
Louis Nirenberg is a Canadian-born American mathematician, and one of the outstanding analysts of the twentieth century.
Louis Nirenberg is a Canadian-born American mathematician, and one of the outstanding analysts of the twentieth century.
Louis Plack Hammett
Louis Plack Hammett (April 7, 1894 - February 9, 1987) was an American physical chemist.
Louis Plack Hammett (April 7, 1894 - February 9, 1987) was an American physical chemist.
Lubert Stryer
Lubert Stryer is the Mrs.
Lubert Stryer is the Mrs.
Luis Walter Alvarez
Luis W. Alvarez was an American experimental physicist and inventor, who spent nearly all of his long professional career on the faculty of the University of California, Berkeley.
Luis W. Alvarez was an American experimental physicist and inventor, who spent nearly all of his long professional career on the faculty of the University of California, Berkeley.
Luna Leopold
Luna Bergere Leopold (October 8, 1915 in Albuquerque, New Mexico – February 23, 2006 in Berkeley, California) was a leading U.S. geomorphologist and hydrologist, and son of Aldo Leopold.
Luna Bergere Leopold (October 8, 1915 in Albuquerque, New Mexico – February 23, 2006 in Berkeley, California) was a leading U.S. geomorphologist and hydrologist, and son of Aldo Leopold.
Lyman Spitzer
Lyman Strong Spitzer, Jr. (June 26, 1914 – March 31, 1997) was an American theoretical physicist and astronomer best known for his research in star formation, plasma physics, and in 1946, for co...
Lyman Strong Spitzer, Jr. (June 26, 1914 – March 31, 1997) was an American theoretical physicist and astronomer best known for his research in star formation, plasma physics, and in 1946, for co...
Lynn Margulis
Lynn Margulis was an American biologist and University Professor in the Department of Geosciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Lynn Margulis was an American biologist and University Professor in the Department of Geosciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Manson Benedict
Manson Benedict (October 9, 1907 – September 18, 2006) was an American nuclear engineer and a professor of nuclear engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Manson Benedict (October 9, 1907 – September 18, 2006) was an American nuclear engineer and a professor of nuclear engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Margaret Burbidge
Eleanor Margaret Burbidge, née Peachey, FRS is a British-born American astrophysicist, noted for original research and holding many administrative posts, including director of the Royal Greenwi...
Eleanor Margaret Burbidge, née Peachey, FRS is a British-born American astrophysicist, noted for original research and holding many administrative posts, including director of the Royal Greenwi...
Mario Capecchi
Mario Renato Capecchi (Verona, Italy, 6 October 1937) is an Italian-born American molecular geneticist and a co-winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering a method ...
Mario Renato Capecchi (Verona, Italy, 6 October 1937) is an Italian-born American molecular geneticist and a co-winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering a method ...
Marshall Harvey Stone
Marshall Harvey Stone (April 8, 1903, New York City – January 9, 1989, Madras India) was an American mathematician who contributed to real analysis, functional analysis, and the study of Boolean...
Marshall Harvey Stone (April 8, 1903, New York City – January 9, 1989, Madras India) was an American mathematician who contributed to real analysis, functional analysis, and the study of Boolean...
Marshall Rosenbluth
Marshall Nicholas Rosenbluth (5 February, 1927 – 28 September, 2003) was an American plasma physicist and member of the National Academy of Sciences.
Marshall Nicholas Rosenbluth (5 February, 1927 – 28 September, 2003) was an American plasma physicist and member of the National Academy of Sciences.
Marshall Warren Nirenberg
Marshall Warren Nirenberg (April 10, 1927 – January 15, 2010) was an American biochemist and geneticist of Jewish origin.
Marshall Warren Nirenberg (April 10, 1927 – January 15, 2010) was an American biochemist and geneticist of Jewish origin.
Marston Morse
Harold Calvin Marston Morse (24 March 1892 – 22 June 1977) was an American mathematician best known for his work on the calculus of variations in the large, a subject where he introduced the tec...
Harold Calvin Marston Morse (24 March 1892 – 22 June 1977) was an American mathematician best known for his work on the calculus of variations in the large, a subject where he introduced the tec...
Martin Schwarzschild
Martin Schwarzschild was a German-born American astronomer.
Martin Schwarzschild was a German-born American astronomer.
Marvin L. Cohen
Marvin L. Cohen (born Montreal on March 3, 1935) is a Canadian-born American physicist.
Marvin L. Cohen (born Montreal on March 3, 1935) is a Canadian-born American physicist.
Mary Ellen Avery
Mary Ellen Avery was an American pediatrician.
Mary Ellen Avery was an American pediatrician.
Maurice Ewing
William Maurice "Doc" Ewing (May 12, 1906 – May 4, 1974) was an American geophysicist and oceanographer.
William Maurice "Doc" Ewing (May 12, 1906 – May 4, 1974) was an American geophysicist and oceanographer.
Maurice Goldhaber
Maurice Goldhaber (April 18, 1911 – May 11, 2011) was an Austrian-born American physicist, who in 1957 (with Lee Grodzins and Andrew Sunyar) established that neutrinos have negative helicity.
Maurice Goldhaber (April 18, 1911 – May 11, 2011) was an Austrian-born American physicist, who in 1957 (with Lee Grodzins and Andrew Sunyar) established that neutrinos have negative helicity.
Maurice Hilleman
Maurice Ralph Hilleman was an American microbiologist who specialized in vaccinology and developed over three dozen vaccines, more than any other scientist.
Maurice Ralph Hilleman was an American microbiologist who specialized in vaccinology and developed over three dozen vaccines, more than any other scientist.
Max Tishler
Max Tishler was president of Merck Sharp and Dohme Research Laboratories where he led the research teams that synthesized ascorbic acid, riboflavin, cortisone, miamin, pyridoxin, pantothenic aci...
Max Tishler was president of Merck Sharp and Dohme Research Laboratories where he led the research teams that synthesized ascorbic acid, riboflavin, cortisone, miamin, pyridoxin, pantothenic aci...
Maxine Singer
Maxine Frank Singer (born February 15, 1931) is an American molecular biologist and science administrator.
Maxine Frank Singer (born February 15, 1931) is an American molecular biologist and science administrator.
Melvin Calvin
Melvin Ellis Calvin (April 8, 1911 – January 8, 1997) was an American chemist most famed for discovering the Calvin cycle along with Andrew Benson and James Bassham, for which he was awarded the...
Melvin Ellis Calvin (April 8, 1911 – January 8, 1997) was an American chemist most famed for discovering the Calvin cycle along with Andrew Benson and James Bassham, for which he was awarded the...
Michael E. DeBakey
Michael Elias DeBakey was a world-renowned Lebanese-American cardiac surgeon, innovator, scientist, medical educator, and international medical statesman.
Michael Elias DeBakey was a world-renowned Lebanese-American cardiac surgeon, innovator, scientist, medical educator, and international medical statesman.
Michael Freedman
Michael Hartley Freedman (born 21 April 1951 in Los Angeles, California, U.S.) is a mathematician at Microsoft Station Q, a research group at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Michael Hartley Freedman (born 21 April 1951 in Los Angeles, California, U.S.) is a mathematician at Microsoft Station Q, a research group at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Michael Heidelberger
Michael Heidelberger was an American immunologist who is regarded as the father of modern immunology.
Michael Heidelberger was an American immunologist who is regarded as the father of modern immunology.
Michael Stuart Brown
Michael Stuart Brown (born April 13, 1941) is an American geneticist and Nobel Laureate.
Michael Stuart Brown (born April 13, 1941) is an American geneticist and Nobel Laureate.
Mildred Dresselhaus
Mildred S. Dresselhaus is an Institute Professor and Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Mildred S. Dresselhaus is an Institute Professor and Professor of Physics and Electrical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Milton Friedman
Milton Friedman (July 31, 1912 – November 16, 2006) was an American economist, statistician, and author who taught at the University of Chicago for more than three decades.
Milton Friedman (July 31, 1912 – November 16, 2006) was an American economist, statistician, and author who taught at the University of Chicago for more than three decades.
Morris Cohen (scientist)
Morris Cohen (November 27, 1911 – May 27, 2005).
Morris Cohen (November 27, 1911 – May 27, 2005).
Nancy Coover Andreasen
Nancy Coover Andreasen (born 1938) is an American neuroscientist and neuropsychiatrist.
Nancy Coover Andreasen (born 1938) is an American neuroscientist and neuropsychiatrist.
Nathan M. Newmark
Nathan Mortimore Newmark (September 22, 1910 - January 25, 1981) was an American structural engineer and academic.
Nathan Mortimore Newmark (September 22, 1910 - January 25, 1981) was an American structural engineer and academic.
Neal E. Miller
Neal Elgar Miller (August 3, 1909 – March 23, 2002) was an American psychologist.
Neal Elgar Miller (August 3, 1909 – March 23, 2002) was an American psychologist.
Nial J. Wheate
Nial J. Wheate is an Australian bioinorganic chemist at the University of Strathclyde.
Nial J. Wheate is an Australian bioinorganic chemist at the University of Strathclyde.
Nick Holonyak
Nick Holonyak, Jr. invented the first practically useful visible LED in 1962 while working as a consulting scientist at a General Electric Company laboratory in Syracuse, New York and has been c...
Nick Holonyak, Jr. invented the first practically useful visible LED in 1962 while working as a consulting scientist at a General Electric Company laboratory in Syracuse, New York and has been c...
Nicolaas Bloembergen
Nicolaas Bloembergen (born Dordrecht, March 11, 1920) is a Dutch-American physicist and Nobel laureate.
Nicolaas Bloembergen (born Dordrecht, March 11, 1920) is a Dutch-American physicist and Nobel laureate.
Nina Fedoroff
Nina Vsevolod Fedoroff (born 1942) is an American professor known for her research in life sciences and biotechnology, especially transposable elements or jumping genes and plant stress response.
Nina Vsevolod Fedoroff (born 1942) is an American professor known for her research in life sciences and biotechnology, especially transposable elements or jumping genes and plant stress response.
Norman Borlaug
Norman Ernest Borlaug (March 25, 1914 – September 12, 2009) was an American agronomist, humanitarian, and Nobel laureate who has been called "the father of the Green Revolution".
Norman Ernest Borlaug (March 25, 1914 – September 12, 2009) was an American agronomist, humanitarian, and Nobel laureate who has been called "the father of the Green Revolution".
Norman Foster Ramsey, Jr.
Norman Foster Ramsey, Jr. (August 27, 1915 – November 4, 2011) was an American physicist.
Norman Foster Ramsey, Jr. (August 27, 1915 – November 4, 2011) was an American physicist.
Norman Hackerman
Norman Hackerman (March 2, 1912 – June 16, 2007) was an American chemist, internationally known as an expert in metal corrosion, and a former president of both the University of Texas at Austin ...
Norman Hackerman (March 2, 1912 – June 16, 2007) was an American chemist, internationally known as an expert in metal corrosion, and a former president of both the University of Texas at Austin ...
Orville Vogel
Orville Vogel was an American scientist and wheat breeder whose research made possible the "Green Revolution" in world food production.
Orville Vogel was an American scientist and wheat breeder whose research made possible the "Green Revolution" in world food production.
Oscar Zariski
Oscar Zariski was a Russian mathematician and one of the most influential algebraic geometers of the 20th century.
Oscar Zariski was a Russian mathematician and one of the most influential algebraic geometers of the 20th century.
Othmar Ammann
Othmar Hermann Ammann was a American structural engineer whose designs include the George Washington Bridge, Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, and Bayonne Bridge.
Othmar Hermann Ammann was a American structural engineer whose designs include the George Washington Bridge, Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, and Bayonne Bridge.
Patrick Suppes
Patrick Colonel Suppes (born March 17, 1922) is an American philosopher who has made significant contributions to philosophy of science, the theory of measurement, the foundations of quantum mec...
Patrick Colonel Suppes (born March 17, 1922) is an American philosopher who has made significant contributions to philosophy of science, the theory of measurement, the foundations of quantum mec...
Paul Alfred Weiss
Paul Alfred Weiss was an Austrian biologist who specialised in morphogenesis, development, differentiation and neurobiology.
Paul Alfred Weiss was an Austrian biologist who specialised in morphogenesis, development, differentiation and neurobiology.
Paul Berg
Paul Berg (born June 30, 1926) is an American biochemist and professor emeritus at Stanford University.
Paul Berg (born June 30, 1926) is an American biochemist and professor emeritus at Stanford University.
Paul Cohen (mathematician)
Paul Joseph Cohen (April 2, 1934 – March 23, 2007) was an American mathematician best known for his proof of the independence of the continuum hypothesis and the axiom of choice from Zerme...
Paul Joseph Cohen (April 2, 1934 – March 23, 2007) was an American mathematician best known for his proof of the independence of the continuum hypothesis and the axiom of choice from Zerme...
Paul Doughty Bartlett
Paul Doughty Bartlett (August 14, 1907 – October 11, 1997) was an American chemist.
Paul Doughty Bartlett (August 14, 1907 – October 11, 1997) was an American chemist.
Paul Flory
Paul John Flory (June 19, 1910 – September 9, 1985) was an American chemist and Nobel laureate who was known for his prodigious volume of work in the field of polymers, or macromolecules.
Paul John Flory (June 19, 1910 – September 9, 1985) was an American chemist and Nobel laureate who was known for his prodigious volume of work in the field of polymers, or macromolecules.
Paul Lauterbur
Paul Christian Lauterbur (May 6, 1929 – March 27, 2007) was an American chemist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2003 with Peter Mansfield for his work which made the deve...
Paul Christian Lauterbur (May 6, 1929 – March 27, 2007) was an American chemist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2003 with Peter Mansfield for his work which made the deve...
Paul Samuelson
Paul Anthony Samuelson (May 15, 1915 – December 13, 2009) was an American economist, and the first American to win the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
Paul Anthony Samuelson (May 15, 1915 – December 13, 2009) was an American economist, and the first American to win the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
Paul Zamecnik
Paul Charles Zamecnik (1912–2009) was an American scientist who played a central role in the early history of molecular biology.
Paul Charles Zamecnik (1912–2009) was an American scientist who played a central role in the early history of molecular biology.
Peter Carl Goldmark
Peter Carl Goldmark (Goldmark Péter Károly) (December 2, 1906 – December 7, 1977) was a German-Hungarian engineer who, during his time with Columbia Records, was instrumental in developing the l...
Peter Carl Goldmark (Goldmark Péter Károly) (December 2, 1906 – December 7, 1977) was a German-Hungarian engineer who, during his time with Columbia Records, was instrumental in developing the l...
Peter Debye
Peter Joseph William Debye FRS was a Dutch physicist and physical chemist, and Nobel laureate in Chemistry.
Peter Joseph William Debye FRS was a Dutch physicist and physical chemist, and Nobel laureate in Chemistry.
Peter Dervan
Peter B. Dervan is the Bren Professor of Chemistry at California Institute of Technology.
Peter B. Dervan is the Bren Professor of Chemistry at California Institute of Technology.
Peter Goldreich
Peter Goldreich is an American astrophysicist whose research focuses on celestial mechanics, planetary rings, helioseismology and neutron stars.
Peter Goldreich is an American astrophysicist whose research focuses on celestial mechanics, planetary rings, helioseismology and neutron stars.
Peter H. Raven
Peter Hamilton Raven is a botanist and environmentalist, notable as the longtime director, now President Emeritus, of the Missouri Botanical Garden.
Peter Hamilton Raven is a botanist and environmentalist, notable as the longtime director, now President Emeritus, of the Missouri Botanical Garden.
Peter Lax
Peter David Lax (born 1 May 1926) is a mathematician working in the areas of pure and applied mathematics.
Peter David Lax (born 1 May 1926) is a mathematician working in the areas of pure and applied mathematics.
Philip Abelson
Philip Hauge Abelson was an American physicist, a scientific editor, and a science writer.
Philip Hauge Abelson was an American physicist, a scientific editor, and a science writer.
Philip Handler
Philip Handler (August 13, 1917 – December 1981) was an American Nutritionist, and biochemist.
Philip Handler (August 13, 1917 – December 1981) was an American Nutritionist, and biochemist.
Philip Lawley
Philip D. Lawley is an British chemist, best know for demonstrating that DNA damage was the base cause of cancer.
Philip D. Lawley is an British chemist, best know for demonstrating that DNA damage was the base cause of cancer.
Philip Leder
Philip Leder (b. November 19, 1934) is an American geneticist.
Philip Leder (b. November 19, 1934) is an American geneticist.
Phillip Allen Sharp
Phillip Allen Sharp (born June 6, 1944) is an American geneticist and molecular biologist who co-discovered RNA splicing.
Phillip Allen Sharp (born June 6, 1944) is an American geneticist and molecular biologist who co-discovered RNA splicing.
R. Duncan Luce
Robert Duncan Luce (born May 16, 1925) is the Distinguished Research Professor of Cognitive Science at the University of California, Irvine.
Robert Duncan Luce (born May 16, 1925) is the Distinguished Research Professor of Cognitive Science at the University of California, Irvine.
Ralph Asher Alpher
Ralph Asher Alpher (February 3, 1921 – August 12, 2007) was an American cosmologist.
Ralph Asher Alpher (February 3, 1921 – August 12, 2007) was an American cosmologist.
Ralph Brazelton Peck
Dr. Ralph Brazelton Peck (June 23, 1912 – February 18, 2008) was an eminent civil engineer specializing in soil mechanics.
Dr. Ralph Brazelton Peck (June 23, 1912 – February 18, 2008) was an eminent civil engineer specializing in soil mechanics.
Ralph E. Gomory
Ralph Edward Gomory is an American applied mathematician and executive.
Ralph Edward Gomory is an American applied mathematician and executive.
Ralph F. Hirschmann
Ralph Franz Hirschmann (May 6, 1922 – June 20, 2009) was a German American biochemist who led a team that was responsible for the first organic synthesis of an enzyme, a ribonuclease.
Ralph Franz Hirschmann (May 6, 1922 – June 20, 2009) was a German American biochemist who led a team that was responsible for the first organic synthesis of an enzyme, a ribonuclease.
Raoul Bott
Raoul Bott, FRS (September 24, 1923 – December 20, 2005) was a Hungarian mathematician known for numerous basic contributions to geometry in its broad sense.
Raoul Bott, FRS (September 24, 1923 – December 20, 2005) was a Hungarian mathematician known for numerous basic contributions to geometry in its broad sense.
Ray W. Clough
Ray William Clough, (born July 23, 1920 in Seattle), was Byron L. and Elvira E. Nishkian Professor of Structural Engineering in the department of Civil Engineering at the University of Californi...
Ray William Clough, (born July 23, 1920 in Seattle), was Byron L. and Elvira E. Nishkian Professor of Structural Engineering in the department of Civil Engineering at the University of Californi...
Raymond D. Mindlin
Raymond David Mindlin (New York City, 17 September 1906 to 22 November 1987) was a mechanician who made seminal contributions to many branches of applied mechanics, applied physics, and engineer...
Raymond David Mindlin (New York City, 17 September 1906 to 22 November 1987) was a mechanician who made seminal contributions to many branches of applied mechanics, applied physics, and engineer...
Raymond Davis, Jr.
Raymond Davis, Jr. was an American chemist, physicist, and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate.
Raymond Davis, Jr. was an American chemist, physicist, and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate.
Reynold B. Johnson
Reynold B. Johnson (July 16, 1906 - September 15, 1998) was an American inventor and computer pioneer.
Reynold B. Johnson (July 16, 1906 - September 15, 1998) was an American inventor and computer pioneer.
Riccardo Giacconi
Riccardo Giacconi is an Italian-born, naturalized American Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist who laid the foundations of X-ray astronomy.
Riccardo Giacconi is an Italian-born, naturalized American Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist who laid the foundations of X-ray astronomy.
Richard A. Tapia
Richard Alfred Tapia (born March 25, 1939) is a renowned American mathematician and champion of under-represented minorities in the sciences.
Richard Alfred Tapia (born March 25, 1939) is a renowned American mathematician and champion of under-represented minorities in the sciences.
Richard Barry Bernstein
Richard Barry Bernstein (October 31, 1923 – July 8, 1990) was an American physical chemist.
Richard Barry Bernstein (October 31, 1923 – July 8, 1990) was an American physical chemist.
Richard Feynman
Richard Phillips Feynman (; May 11, 1918 – February 15, 1988) was an American physicist known for his work in the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum electrodyn...
Richard Phillips Feynman (; May 11, 1918 – February 15, 1988) was an American physicist known for his work in the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum electrodyn...
Richard Garwin
Richard Lawrence Garwin (born April 19, 1928 in Cleveland, Ohio), is an American physicist.
Richard Lawrence Garwin (born April 19, 1928 in Cleveland, Ohio), is an American physicist.
Richard M. Karp
Richard Manning Karp (born January 3, 1935) is a computer scientist and computational theorist at the University of California, Berkeley, notable for research in the theory of algorithms, for wh...
Richard Manning Karp (born January 3, 1935) is a computer scientist and computational theorist at the University of California, Berkeley, notable for research in the theory of algorithms, for wh...
Richard T. Whitcomb
Richard T. Whitcomb (February 21, 1921–October 13, 2009), was an American aeronautical engineer noted for his significant contributions to the science of aerodynamics.
Richard T. Whitcomb (February 21, 1921–October 13, 2009), was an American aeronautical engineer noted for his significant contributions to the science of aerodynamics.
Richard Zare
Richard Neil Zare is an American physical chemist.
Richard Neil Zare is an American physical chemist.
Rita Levi-Montalcini
Rita Levi-Montalcini (born 22 April 1909), Knight Grand Cross is an Italian neurologist who, together with colleague Stanley Cohen, received the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for th...
Rita Levi-Montalcini (born 22 April 1909), Knight Grand Cross is an Italian neurologist who, together with colleague Stanley Cohen, received the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for th...
Rita R. Colwell
Rita R. Colwell (born November 23, 1934 in Beverly, Massachusetts) is an environmental microbiologist and scientific administrator.
Rita R. Colwell (born November 23, 1934 in Beverly, Massachusetts) is an environmental microbiologist and scientific administrator.
Roald Hoffmann
Roald Hoffmann is an American theoretical chemist who won the 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Roald Hoffmann is an American theoretical chemist who won the 1981 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Robert Byron Bird
Robert Byron Bird is a Chemical Engineer and Professor Emeritus in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Robert Byron Bird is a Chemical Engineer and Professor Emeritus in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Robert H. Burris
Robert H. Burris (April 13, 1914 – May 11, 2010) was a professor in the Biochemistry Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Robert H. Burris (April 13, 1914 – May 11, 2010) was a professor in the Biochemistry Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Robert H. Dicke
Robert Henry Dicke was an American physicist who made important contributions to the fields of astrophysics, atomic physics, cosmology and gravity.
Robert Henry Dicke was an American physicist who made important contributions to the fields of astrophysics, atomic physics, cosmology and gravity.
Robert Hofstadter
Robert Hofstadter (February 5, 1915 – November 17, 1990) was an American physicist.
Robert Hofstadter (February 5, 1915 – November 17, 1990) was an American physicist.
Robert Huebner
Robert Joseph Huebner (pronounced HYOOB-ner; February 23, 1914 – August 26, 1998), was an American physician and virologist whose research into viruses, their causes and treatment that led...
Robert Joseph Huebner (pronounced HYOOB-ner; February 23, 1914 – August 26, 1998), was an American physician and virologist whose research into viruses, their causes and treatment that led...
Robert Kates
Robert W. Kates (born January 31, 1929) is an American geographer and independent scholar in Trenton, Maine, and University Professor (Emeritus) at Brown University.
Robert W. Kates (born January 31, 1929) is an American geographer and independent scholar in Trenton, Maine, and University Professor (Emeritus) at Brown University.
Robert Noyce
Robert Norton Noyce, nicknamed "the Mayor of Silicon Valley", co-founded Fairchild Semiconductor in 1957 and Intel Corporation in 1968.
Robert Norton Noyce, nicknamed "the Mayor of Silicon Valley", co-founded Fairchild Semiconductor in 1957 and Intel Corporation in 1968.
Robert Pound
Robert Vivian Pound (May 16, 1919 – April 12, 2010) was an American physicist who helped discover nuclear magnetic resonance and who devised the famous Pound-Rebka experiment supporting ge...
Robert Vivian Pound (May 16, 1919 – April 12, 2010) was an American physicist who helped discover nuclear magnetic resonance and who devised the famous Pound-Rebka experiment supporting ge...
Robert R. Wilson
Robert Rathbun Wilson was an American physicist who was a group leader of the Manhattan Project, a sculptor, and an architect of Fermi National Laboratory, where he was also the director from 19...
Robert Rathbun Wilson was an American physicist who was a group leader of the Manhattan Project, a sculptor, and an architect of Fermi National Laboratory, where he was also the director from 19...
Robert S. Langer
Robert S. Langer is an American engineer and the David H. Koch Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Robert S. Langer is an American engineer and the David H. Koch Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Robert Solow
Robert Merton Solow is an American economist particularly known for his work on the theory of economic growth that culminated in the exogenous growth model named after him.
Robert Merton Solow is an American economist particularly known for his work on the theory of economic growth that culminated in the exogenous growth model named after him.
Robert Weinberg
Robert Allan Weinberg (born 11 November 1942) is a Daniel K. Ludwig Professor for Cancer Research at MIT and American Cancer Society Research Professor; his research is in the area of oncogenes ...
Robert Allan Weinberg (born 11 November 1942) is a Daniel K. Ludwig Professor for Cancer Research at MIT and American Cancer Society Research Professor; his research is in the area of oncogenes ...
Roger Guillemin
Roger Charles Louis Guillemin (born January 11, 1924 in Dijon, Bourgogne, France) received the National Medal of Science in 1976, and the Nobel prize for medicine in 1977 for his work on neuroho...
Roger Charles Louis Guillemin (born January 11, 1924 in Dijon, Bourgogne, France) received the National Medal of Science in 1976, and the Nobel prize for medicine in 1977 for his work on neuroho...
Roger Revelle
Roger Randall Dougan Revelle was a scientist and scholar who was instrumental in the formative years of the University of California, San Diego and was one of the first scientists to study globa...
Roger Randall Dougan Revelle was a scientist and scholar who was instrumental in the formative years of the University of California, San Diego and was one of the first scientists to study globa...
Roger Shepard
Roger Newland Shepard (born January 30, 1929 in Palo Alto, California) is a cognitive scientist and author of Toward a Universal Law of Generalization for Psychological Science.
Roger Newland Shepard (born January 30, 1929 in Palo Alto, California) is a cognitive scientist and author of Toward a Universal Law of Generalization for Psychological Science.
Roger Wolcott Sperry
Roger Wolcott Sperry was a neuropsychologist, neurobiologist and Nobel laureate who, together with David Hunter Hubel and Torsten Nils Wiesel, won the 1981 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his work w...
Roger Wolcott Sperry was a neuropsychologist, neurobiologist and Nobel laureate who, together with David Hunter Hubel and Torsten Nils Wiesel, won the 1981 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his work w...
Ronald Coifman
Ronald Raphael Coifman is the Phillips Professor of Mathematics at Yale University.
Ronald Raphael Coifman is the Phillips Professor of Mathematics at Yale University.
Rosalyn Sussman Yalow
Rosalyn Sussman Yalow was an American medical physicist, and a co-winner of the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for development of the radioimmunoassay technique.
Rosalyn Sussman Yalow was an American medical physicist, and a co-winner of the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for development of the radioimmunoassay technique.
Rudolf Kompfner
Rudolf Kompfner (May 16, 1909 – December 3, 1977) was an Austrian-born engineer and physicist, best known as the inventor of the traveling-wave tube (TWT).
Rudolf Kompfner (May 16, 1909 – December 3, 1977) was an Austrian-born engineer and physicist, best known as the inventor of the traveling-wave tube (TWT).
Rudolph A. Marcus
Rudolph "Rudy" Arthur Marcus (born July 21, 1923) is a Canadian-born chemist who received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his theory of electron transfer.
Rudolph "Rudy" Arthur Marcus (born July 21, 1923) is a Canadian-born chemist who received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his theory of electron transfer.
Ruth Patrick
Dr. Ruth Myrtle Patrick (born November 26, 1907) is a botanist and limnologist specializing in diatoms and freshwater ecology, who developed ways to measure the health of freshwater ecosystems a...
Dr. Ruth Myrtle Patrick (born November 26, 1907) is a botanist and limnologist specializing in diatoms and freshwater ecology, who developed ways to measure the health of freshwater ecosystems a...
S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan
Sathamangalam Ranga Iyengar Srinivasa Varadhan FRS is an Indian-born American mathematician from Madras, Tamil Nadu, India.
Sathamangalam Ranga Iyengar Srinivasa Varadhan FRS is an Indian-born American mathematician from Madras, Tamil Nadu, India.
Salome Gluecksohn-Waelsch
Salome Gluecksohn-Waelsch (October 6, 1907, Gdańsk – November 7, 2007, New York) was a German-born U.S. geneticist and co-founder of developmental genetics.
Salome Gluecksohn-Waelsch (October 6, 1907, Gdańsk – November 7, 2007, New York) was a German-born U.S. geneticist and co-founder of developmental genetics.
Salvador Luria
Salvador Edward Luria was an Italian microbiologist and a Nobel laureate for his pioneering work with Max Delbrück and Alfred Hershey on phages in molecular biology.
Salvador Edward Luria was an Italian microbiologist and a Nobel laureate for his pioneering work with Max Delbrück and Alfred Hershey on phages in molecular biology.
Samuel Abraham Goudsmit
Samuel Abraham Goudsmit (The Hague, July 11, 1902 — Reno, December 4, 1978) was a Dutch-American physicist famous for jointly proposing the concept of electron spin with George Eugene Uhle...
Samuel Abraham Goudsmit (The Hague, July 11, 1902 — Reno, December 4, 1978) was a Dutch-American physicist famous for jointly proposing the concept of electron spin with George Eugene Uhle...
Samuel Goudsmit
Samuel Abraham Goudsmit (The Hague, July 11, 1902 — Reno, December 4, 1978) was a Dutch-American physicist famous for jointly proposing the concept of electron spin with George Eugene Uhle...
Samuel Abraham Goudsmit (The Hague, July 11, 1902 — Reno, December 4, 1978) was a Dutch-American physicist famous for jointly proposing the concept of electron spin with George Eugene Uhle...
Samuel Karlin
Samuel Karlin (June 8, 1924 - December 18, 2007) was an American mathematician at Stanford University in the late 20th century.
Samuel Karlin (June 8, 1924 - December 18, 2007) was an American mathematician at Stanford University in the late 20th century.
Saul Winstein
Saul Winstein (October 8, 1912 – November 23, 1969) was the Canadian chemist who discovered the Winstein reaction, in which he argued a non-classical cation was needed to explain the ...
Saul Winstein (October 8, 1912 – November 23, 1969) was the Canadian chemist who discovered the Winstein reaction, in which he argued a non-classical cation was needed to explain the ...
Saunders Mac Lane
Saunders Mac Lane was an American mathematician who cofounded category theory with Samuel Eilenberg.
Saunders Mac Lane was an American mathematician who cofounded category theory with Samuel Eilenberg.
Severo Ochoa
Severo Ochoa de Albornoz was a Spanish-American doctor and biochemist, and joint winner of the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Arthur Kornberg.
Severo Ochoa de Albornoz was a Spanish-American doctor and biochemist, and joint winner of the 1959 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Arthur Kornberg.
Sewall Wright
Sewall Green Wright (December 21, 1889March 3, 1988) was an American geneticist known for his influential work on evolutionary theory and also for his work on path analysis.
Sewall Green Wright (December 21, 1889March 3, 1988) was an American geneticist known for his influential work on evolutionary theory and also for his work on path analysis.
Seymour Benzer
Seymour Benzer was an American physicist, molecular biologist and behavioral geneticist.
Seymour Benzer was an American physicist, molecular biologist and behavioral geneticist.
Simon Ramo
Simon "Si" Ramo (born May 7, 1913) is an American physicist, engineer, and business leader.
Simon "Si" Ramo (born May 7, 1913) is an American physicist, engineer, and business leader.
Solomon Lefschetz
Solomon Lefschetz (3 September 1884 – 5 October 1972) was an American mathematician who did fundamental work on algebraic topology, its applications to algebraic geometry, and the theory of non-...
Solomon Lefschetz (3 September 1884 – 5 October 1972) was an American mathematician who did fundamental work on algebraic topology, its applications to algebraic geometry, and the theory of non-...
Stanley Cohen (biochemist)
Stanley Cohen (born November 17, 1922) is an American biochemist and Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology and Medicine (1986).
Stanley Cohen (born November 17, 1922) is an American biochemist and Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology and Medicine (1986).
Stephen Cole Kleene
Stephen Cole Kleene (January 5, 1909, Hartford, Connecticut, United States – January 25, 1994, Madison, Wisconsin) was an American mathematician who helped lay the foundations for theoretical co...
Stephen Cole Kleene (January 5, 1909, Hartford, Connecticut, United States – January 25, 1994, Madison, Wisconsin) was an American mathematician who helped lay the foundations for theoretical co...
Stephen J. Benkovic
Stephen Benkovic is an Evan Pugh Professor and Eberly Chair in Chemistry at Penn State University.
Stephen Benkovic is an Evan Pugh Professor and Eberly Chair in Chemistry at Penn State University.
Stephen J. Lippard
Stephen J. Lippard is an American bioinorganic chemist and the Arthur Amos Noyes Professor of Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Stephen J. Lippard is an American bioinorganic chemist and the Arthur Amos Noyes Professor of Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Stephen Smale
Steven Smale a.k.a. Steve Smale, Stephen Smale (born July 15, 1930) is an American mathematician from Flint, Michigan.
Steven Smale a.k.a. Steve Smale, Stephen Smale (born July 15, 1930) is an American mathematician from Flint, Michigan.
Sterling B. Hendricks
Sterling Brown Hendricks was an American agriculturist notable for his research on the structural aspects of organic and inorganic chemistry, soil chemistry and plant physiology and nutrition.
Sterling Brown Hendricks was an American agriculturist notable for his research on the structural aspects of organic and inorganic chemistry, soil chemistry and plant physiology and nutrition.
Steven Weinberg
Steven Weinberg (born May 3, 1933) is an American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate in Physics for his contributions with Abdus Salam and Sheldon Glashow to the unification of the weak fo...
Steven Weinberg (born May 3, 1933) is an American theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate in Physics for his contributions with Abdus Salam and Sheldon Glashow to the unification of the weak fo...
Stuart A. Rice
Stuart Alan Rice is an American theoretical chemist and physical chemist.
Stuart Alan Rice is an American theoretical chemist and physical chemist.
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, FRS, was a British India born Indian-American astrophysicist who, with William A. Fowler, won the 1983 Nobel Prize for Physics for key discoveries that led to the cu...
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, FRS, was a British India born Indian-American astrophysicist who, with William A. Fowler, won the 1983 Nobel Prize for Physics for key discoveries that led to the cu...
Susan Solomon
Susan Solomon is an atmospheric chemist working for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Susan Solomon is an atmospheric chemist working for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Theodor Otto Diener
Theodor Otto Diener is an American plant pathologist and was the first in the field to describe viroids.
Theodor Otto Diener is an American plant pathologist and was the first in the field to describe viroids.
Theodore von Kármán
Theodore von Kármán was a Hungarian-American aerospace engineer and physicist who was active primarily in the fields of aeronautics and astronautics.
Theodore von Kármán was a Hungarian-American aerospace engineer and physicist who was active primarily in the fields of aeronautics and astronautics.
Theodosius Dobzhansky
Theodosius Grygorovych Dobzhansky ForMemRS (Теодосій Григорович Добжанський; January 24, 1900 - December 18, 1975) was a prominent geneticist and evolutionary biologist, and a central figure in ...
Theodosius Grygorovych Dobzhansky ForMemRS (Теодосій Григорович Добжанський; January 24, 1900 - December 18, 1975) was a prominent geneticist and evolutionary biologist, and a central figure in ...
Thomas Cech
Thomas Robert Cech (born December 8, 1947 in Chicago) is a chemist who shared the 1989 Nobel prize in chemistry with Sidney Altman, for their discovery of the catalytic properties of RNA. Cech d...
Thomas Robert Cech (born December 8, 1947 in Chicago) is a chemist who shared the 1989 Nobel prize in chemistry with Sidney Altman, for their discovery of the catalytic properties of RNA. Cech d...
Thomas Eisner
Thomas Eisner was a German-American entomologist and ecologist, known as the "father of chemical ecology.
Thomas Eisner was a German-American entomologist and ecologist, known as the "father of chemical ecology.
Thomas Starzl
Thomas E. Starzl (born March 11, 1926) is an American physician, researcher, and is an expert on organ transplants.
Thomas E. Starzl (born March 11, 1926) is an American physician, researcher, and is an expert on organ transplants.
Tobin J. Marks
Tobin Jay Marks (born November 25, 1944) is the Vladimir N. Ipatieff Professor of Catalytic Chemistry and Professor of Material Science and Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern Uni...
Tobin Jay Marks (born November 25, 1944) is the Vladimir N. Ipatieff Professor of Catalytic Chemistry and Professor of Material Science and Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Northwestern Uni...
Torsten Wiesel
Torsten Nils Wiesel (born June 3, 1924) was a Swedish co-recipient with David H. Hubel of the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for their discoveries concerning information processing ...
Torsten Nils Wiesel (born June 3, 1924) was a Swedish co-recipient with David H. Hubel of the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, for their discoveries concerning information processing ...
Tung-Yen Lin
Tung-Yen Lin (林同炎, pinyin: Lín Tóngyán) (November 14, 1912 – November 15, 2003) was a structural engineer who was the pioneer of standardizing the use of prestressed concrete.
Tung-Yen Lin (林同炎, pinyin: Lín Tóngyán) (November 14, 1912 – November 15, 2003) was a structural engineer who was the pioneer of standardizing the use of prestressed concrete.
Val Logsdon Fitch
Val Logsdon Fitch (born March 10, 1923, Merriman, Nebraska, USA) is an American nuclear physicist.
Val Logsdon Fitch (born March 10, 1923, Merriman, Nebraska, USA) is an American nuclear physicist.
Vannevar Bush
Vannevar Bush was an American engineer, inventor and science administrator known for his work on analog computers, his political role in the development of the atomic bomb as a primary organizer...
Vannevar Bush was an American engineer, inventor and science administrator known for his work on analog computers, his political role in the development of the atomic bomb as a primary organizer...
Vera Rubin
Vera (Cooper) Rubin (born ) is an American astronomer who pioneered work on galaxy rotation rates.
Vera (Cooper) Rubin (born ) is an American astronomer who pioneered work on galaxy rotation rates.
Verner E. Suomi
Verner E. "Vern" Suomi was an American educator, inventor, and scientist.
Verner E. "Vern" Suomi was an American educator, inventor, and scientist.
Vernon Benjamin Mountcastle
Vernon Benjamin Mountcastle is a former neuroscientist from the Johns Hopkins University.
Vernon Benjamin Mountcastle is a former neuroscientist from the Johns Hopkins University.
Victor A. McKusick
Victor Almon McKusick, internist and medical geneticist, was University Professor of Medical Genetics and Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA. He was the orig...
Victor Almon McKusick, internist and medical geneticist, was University Professor of Medical Genetics and Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA. He was the orig...
Victor Frederick Weisskopf
Victor Frederick Weisskopf was an Austrian-born American theoretical physicist.
Victor Frederick Weisskopf was an Austrian-born American theoretical physicist.
Viktor Hamburger
Viktor Hamburger (July 9, 1900 – June 12, 2001) was a German professor and embryologist.
Viktor Hamburger (July 9, 1900 – June 12, 2001) was a German professor and embryologist.
Vladimir Haensel
Vladimir Haensel (1 September 1914 – 15 December 2002) was an American chemical engineer who invented the platforming process - a platinum catalytic process for reforming petroleum hydro...
Vladimir Haensel (1 September 1914 – 15 December 2002) was an American chemical engineer who invented the platforming process - a platinum catalytic process for reforming petroleum hydro...
Vladimir K. Zworykin
Vladimir Kosma Zworykin was a Russian-American inventor, engineer, and pioneer of television technology.
Vladimir Kosma Zworykin was a Russian-American inventor, engineer, and pioneer of television technology.
W. Jason Morgan
William Jason Morgan (born October 10, 1935 in Savannah, Georgia) is an American geophysicist who has made seminal contributions to the theory of plate tectonics and geodynamics.
William Jason Morgan (born October 10, 1935 in Savannah, Georgia) is an American geophysicist who has made seminal contributions to the theory of plate tectonics and geodynamics.
Wallace Smith Broecker
Wallace Smith Broecker is the Newberry Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia University and a scientist at Columbia's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.
Wallace Smith Broecker is the Newberry Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia University and a scientist at Columbia's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.
Walter H. Stockmayer
Walter Hugo Stockmayer (April 7, 1914, Rutherford, New Jersey - May 9, 2004, Norwich, Vermont) was an internationally known chemist and university teacher.
Walter Hugo Stockmayer (April 7, 1914, Rutherford, New Jersey - May 9, 2004, Norwich, Vermont) was an internationally known chemist and university teacher.
Walter Kohn
Walter Kohn (born March 9, 1923, in Vienna, Austria) is an Austrian-born American theoretical physicist.
Walter Kohn (born March 9, 1923, in Vienna, Austria) is an Austrian-born American theoretical physicist.
Walter M. Elsasser
Walter Maurice Elsasser was a German-born American physicist considered a "father" of the presently accepted dynamo theory as an explanation of the Earth's magnetism.
Walter Maurice Elsasser was a German-born American physicist considered a "father" of the presently accepted dynamo theory as an explanation of the Earth's magnetism.
Warren K. Lewis
Warren Kendall Lewis (21 August 1882-9 March 1975) was an MIT professor who has been called the father of modern chemical engineering.
Warren Kendall Lewis (21 August 1882-9 March 1975) was an MIT professor who has been called the father of modern chemical engineering.
Wernher von Braun
Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun was a German-born rocket scientist, aerospace engineer, space architect, and one of the leading figures in the development of rocket technology...
Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun was a German-born rocket scientist, aerospace engineer, space architect, and one of the leading figures in the development of rocket technology...
William Alfred Fowler
William Alfred "Willy" Fowler was an American astrophysicist and winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1983.
William Alfred "Willy" Fowler was an American astrophysicist and winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1983.
William Cumming Rose
William Cumming Rose (April 4, 1887 – September 25, 1985) was an American nutritionist whose research in the 1930s discovered the essential amino acid threonine.
William Cumming Rose (April 4, 1887 – September 25, 1985) was an American nutritionist whose research in the 1930s discovered the essential amino acid threonine.
William Feller
William "Vilim" Feller, born Vilibald Srećko Feller, was a Croatian-American mathematician specializing in probability theory.
William "Vilim" Feller, born Vilibald Srećko Feller, was a Croatian-American mathematician specializing in probability theory.
William Hayward Pickering
William Hayward Pickering ONZ KBE (24 December 1910 — 15 March 2004) was a New Zealand born rocket scientist who headed Pasadena, California's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for 22 years,...
William Hayward Pickering ONZ KBE (24 December 1910 — 15 March 2004) was a New Zealand born rocket scientist who headed Pasadena, California's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for 22 years,...
William Julius Wilson
William Julius Wilson is an American sociologist.
William Julius Wilson is an American sociologist.
William Kaye Estes
William Kaye Estes was an American psychologist.
William Kaye Estes was an American psychologist.
William O. Baker
William Oliver Baker (born July 15, 1915 in Chestertown, Maryland; died October 31, 2005 in Chatham, New Jersey) was a former President of Bell Labs who had advised five Presidents on scientific...
William Oliver Baker (born July 15, 1915 in Chestertown, Maryland; died October 31, 2005 in Chatham, New Jersey) was a former President of Bell Labs who had advised five Presidents on scientific...
William Reddington Hewlett
William Reddington Hewlett (May 20, 1913 – January 12, 2001) was an engineer and the co-founder, with David Packard, of the Hewlett-Packard Company (HP).
William Reddington Hewlett (May 20, 1913 – January 12, 2001) was an engineer and the co-founder, with David Packard, of the Hewlett-Packard Company (HP).
William Redington Hewlett
William (Bill) Redington Hewlett (May 20, 1913 – January 12, 2001) was an engineer and the co-founder, with David Packard, of the Hewlett-Packard Company (HP).
William (Bill) Redington Hewlett (May 20, 1913 – January 12, 2001) was an engineer and the co-founder, with David Packard, of the Hewlett-Packard Company (HP).
William Summer Johnson
William Summer Johnson (February 24, 1913 – August 19, 1995) was an American chemist and teacher.
William Summer Johnson (February 24, 1913 – August 19, 1995) was an American chemist and teacher.
William Walden Rubey
William Walden Rubey (December 19, 1898–April 12, 1974) was an American geologist.
William Walden Rubey (December 19, 1898–April 12, 1974) was an American geologist.
Willis Hawkins
Willis M. Hawkins (December 1, 1913 – September 28, 2004) was an aeronautical engineer for Lockheed for more than fifty years.
Willis M. Hawkins (December 1, 1913 – September 28, 2004) was an aeronautical engineer for Lockheed for more than fifty years.
Willis Lamb
Willis Eugene Lamb, Jr. (July 12, 1913 – May 15, 2008) was an American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1955 together with Polykarp Kusch "for his discoveries concerning the fine ...
Willis Eugene Lamb, Jr. (July 12, 1913 – May 15, 2008) was an American physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1955 together with Polykarp Kusch "for his discoveries concerning the fine ...
Wolfgang K. H. Panofsky
Wolfgang Kurt Hermann "Pief" Panofsky (April 24, 1919 – September 24, 2007), was a German-American physicist.
Wolfgang Kurt Hermann "Pief" Panofsky (April 24, 1919 – September 24, 2007), was a German-American physicist.
Yoichiro Nambu
Yoichiro Nambu is a Japanese-born American physicist, currently a professor at the University of Chicago.
Yoichiro Nambu is a Japanese-born American physicist, currently a professor at the University of Chicago.