2018 Nobel Prize

13

laureates

6

fields

2018

Nobel Prize

Physics

Nobel Prize in Physics

2018 Nobel Prize in Physics (1)

for the development of optical tweezers and their application to biological systems

Arthur Ashkin
Arthur Ashkin

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

2018 Nobel Prize in Physics (2)

for the development of a method for generating high-intensity, ultra-short laser pulses

Gérard Mourou
Gérard Mourou

FranceFrance

Donna Strickland
Donna Strickland

CanadaCanada

Chemistry

Nobel Prize in Chemistry

2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1)

for the directed evolution of enzymes

Frances Arnold
Frances Arnold

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2)

for the phage display of peptides and antibodies

Greg Winter
Greg Winter

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

George Smith
George Smith

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

Physiology, Medicine

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

for the discovery of immune-checkpoint inhibitors and their application to cancer therapy

James P. Allison
James P. Allison

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

Tasuku Honjo
Tasuku Honjo

JapanJapan

Literature

Nobel Prize in Literature

2018 Nobel Prize in Literature

for a narrative imagination that with encyclopedic passion represents the crossing of boundaries as a form of life

Olga Tokarczuk
Olga Tokarczuk

PolandPoland

Peace

Nobel Peace Prize

2018 Nobel Peace Prize

for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict

Denis Mukwege
Denis Mukwege

Congo, Democratic Republic of theCongo, Democratic Republic of the

Nadia Murad
Nadia Murad

IraqIraq

Economic Sciences

Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

2018 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1)

for integrating climate change into long-run macroeconomic analysis

William Nordhaus
William Nordhaus

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

2018 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (2)

for integrating technological innovations into long-run macroeconomic analysis

Paul Romer
Paul Romer

United States of AmericaUnited States of America