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34

Laureates

1901~2019

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7 laureates

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7
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7
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7
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4
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4
Literature
2
Architecture
2
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1

Laureates Over Time

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Michel Mayor
2019 Physics

Michel Mayor

SwitzerlandSwitzerland

for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star

Didier Queloz
2019 Physics

Didier Queloz

SwitzerlandSwitzerland

for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star

Jacques Dubochet
2017 Chemistry

Jacques Dubochet

SwitzerlandSwitzerland

for developing cryo-electron microscopy for the high-resolution structure determination of biomolecules in solution

International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
2017 Peace

International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons

SwitzerlandSwitzerland

for its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons

2013 Various fields

en:Biovision International

SwitzerlandSwitzerland

2011 Geography

フランス語版

SwitzerlandSwitzerland

2009 Architecture

ピーター・ズントー

SwitzerlandSwitzerland

2006 Geography

ハインツ・ヴァナー

SwitzerlandSwitzerland

Kurt Wüthrich
2002 Chemistry

Kurt Wüthrich

SwitzerlandSwitzerland

Development of methods for identification and structural analysis of biological macromolecules (development of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy for determining the three-dimensional structure of biological macromolecules in solution)

2002 Geography

ブルーノ・メッサーリ

SwitzerlandSwitzerland

2001 Architecture

ヘルツォーク&ド・ムーロン

SwitzerlandSwitzerland

1997 Geography

ジャン=ベルナール・ラシーヌ

SwitzerlandSwitzerland

Rolf M. Zinkernagel
1996 Physiology, Medicine

Rolf M. Zinkernagel

SwitzerlandSwitzerland

for their discoveries concerning the specificity of the cell-mediated immune defence

Edmond H. Fischer
1992 Physiology, Medicine

Edmond H. Fischer

SwitzerlandSwitzerland, United States of AmericaUnited States of America

for the discoveries concerning reversible protein phosphorylation as a biological regulatory mechanism

Richard Robert Ernst
1991 Chemistry

Richard Robert Ernst

SwitzerlandSwitzerland

for his contributions to the development of the methodology of high-resolution nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy

Karl Alexander Müller
1987 Physics

Karl Alexander Müller

SwitzerlandSwitzerland

for their important breakthrough in the discovery of superconductivity in ceramic materials (Zeitschrift für Physik B 64 (1986) 189–193, Bednorz & Müller)

Heinrich Rohrer
1986 Physics

Heinrich Rohrer

SwitzerlandSwitzerland

for their design of the scanning tunneling microscope

Werner Arber
1978 Physiology, Medicine

Werner Arber

SwitzerlandSwitzerland

for the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application to problems of molecular genetics

Vladimir Prelog
1975 Chemistry

Vladimir Prelog

SwitzerlandSwitzerland

for his research into the stereochemistry of organic molecules and reactions

Felix Bloch
1952 Physics

Felix Bloch

SwitzerlandSwitzerland

for their development of new methods for nuclear magnetic precision measurements and discoveries in connection therewith

Tadeusz Reichstein
1950 Physiology, Medicine

Tadeusz Reichstein

SwitzerlandSwitzerland (Poland)

for their discoveries relating to the hormones of the adrenal cortex, their structure and biological effects

Walter Rudolf Hess
1949 Physiology, Medicine

Walter Rudolf Hess

SwitzerlandSwitzerland

for his discovery of the functional organization of the interbrain as a coordinator of the activities of the internal organs

Paul Hermann Müller
1948 Physiology, Medicine

Paul Hermann Müller

SwitzerlandSwitzerland

for his discovery of the high efficiency of DDT as a contact poison against several arthropods

Hermann Hesse
1946 Literature

Hermann Hesse

GermanyGermany, SwitzerlandSwitzerland (Germany)

for his inspired writings which, while growing in boldness and penetration, exemplify the classical humanitarian ideals and high qualities of style

Leopold Ružička
1939 Chemistry

Leopold Ružička

SwitzerlandSwitzerland

for his work on polymethylenes and higher terpenes

Paul Karrer
1937 Chemistry

Paul Karrer

SwitzerlandSwitzerland

for his investigations on carotenoids, flavins and vitamins A and B2

Albert Einstein
1921 Physics

Albert Einstein

SwitzerlandSwitzerland

for his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect

Charles Edouard Guillaume
1920 Physics

Charles Edouard Guillaume

SwitzerlandSwitzerland

for the discovery of the Invar alloy and its subsequent development of precision measurement

Carl Spitteler
1919 Literature

Carl Spitteler

SwitzerlandSwitzerland

in special appreciation of his epic, 'Olympian Spring'

Alfred Werner
1913 Chemistry

Alfred Werner

SwitzerlandSwitzerland

for his work on the linkage of atoms in molecules, through which he opened up new fields of research, especially in inorganic chemistry

Emil Theodor Kocher
1909 Physiology, Medicine

Emil Theodor Kocher

SwitzerlandSwitzerland

for his work on the physiology, pathology and surgery of the thyroid gland

Élie Ducommun
1902 Peace

Élie Ducommun

SwitzerlandSwitzerland

for his untiring and skilful directorship of the Bern Peace Bureau (International Peace Bureau)

Charles Albert Gobat
1902 Peace

Charles Albert Gobat

SwitzerlandSwitzerland

for his eminently practical administration of the Inter-Parliamentary Union

Henry Dunant
1901 Peace

Henry Dunant

SwitzerlandSwitzerland

for founding the International Committee of the Red Cross and inspiring the adoption of the Geneva Convention