2020 Nobel Prize

12

laureates

6

fields

2020

Nobel Prize

Physics

Nobel Prize in Physics

2020 Nobel Prize in Physics (1)

for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity

Roger Penrose
Roger Penrose

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

2020 Nobel Prize in Physics (2)

for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the centre of our galaxy

Reinhard Genzel
Reinhard Genzel

GermanyGermany

Andrea M. Ghez
Andrea M. Ghez

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

Chemistry

Nobel Prize in Chemistry

2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

for the development of a method for genome editing (CRISPR/Cas9 genetic scissors)

Emmanuelle Charpentier
Emmanuelle Charpentier

FranceFrance

Jennifer Doudna
Jennifer Doudna

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

Physiology, Medicine

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

for the discovery of the Hepatitis C virus

Harvey J. Alter
Harvey J. Alter

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

Michael Houghton
Michael Houghton

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

Charles M. Rice
Charles M. Rice

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

Literature

Nobel Prize in Literature

2020 Nobel Prize in Literature

for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal

Louise Glück
Louise Glück

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

Peace

Nobel Peace Prize

2020 Nobel Peace Prize

for its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas, and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict

World Food Programme
World Food Programme

WorldWorld

Economic Sciences

Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

2020 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences

for improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats

Paul Milgrom
Paul Milgrom

United States of AmericaUnited States of America

Robert B. Wilson

United States of AmericaUnited States of America