Nobel Prize Winners

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

Nobel Prize in Physics

23 Fellows

First Name

Last Name

University

Grant

Award Year

First Name: John

Last Name: Hopfield

University: University of California, Berkeley

Grant: Physics, 1962

Award Year: 2024
First Name: Andrea

Last Name: Ghez

University: University of California, Los Angeles

Grant: Physics, 1996

Award Year: 2020
First Name: P. James

Last Name: Peebles

University: Princeton University

Grant: Physics, 1968

Award Year: 2019
First Name: Donna

Last Name: Strickland

University: University of Waterloo

Grant: Physics, 1998

Award Year: 2018
First Name: Kip

Last Name: Thorne

University: California Institute of Technology

Grant: Physics, 1966

Award Year: 2017
First Name: F.

Last Name: Haldane

University: University of Southern California

Grant: Physics, 1984

Award Year: 2016
First Name: Theodor

Last Name: Hansch

University: Stanford University

Grant: Physics, 1973

Award Year: 2005
First Name: Frank

Last Name: Wilczek

University: Princeton University

Grant: Physics, 1976

Award Year: 2004
First Name: David

Last Name: Gross

University: Princeton University

Grant: Physics, 1970

Award Year: 2004
First Name: Hugh

Last Name: Politzer

University: Harvard University

Grant: Physics, 1977

Award Year: 2004
First Name: Carl

Last Name: Wieman

University: University of Michigan

Grant: Physics, 1984

Award Year: 2001
First Name: Frederick

Last Name: Reines

University: Case Western Reserve University

Grant: Physics, 1959

Award Year: 1995
First Name: Melvin

Last Name: Schwartz

University: Columbia University

Grant: Physics, 1959

Award Year: 1988
First Name: Jack

Last Name: Steinberger

University: Columbia University

Grant: Physics, 1958

Award Year: 1988
First Name: Kenneth

Last Name: Wilson

University: Cornell University

Grant: Physics, 1963

Award Year: 1982
First Name: Val

Last Name: Fitch

University: Princeton University

Grant: Physics, 1960

Award Year: 1980
First Name: James

Last Name: Cronin

University: Princeton University

Grant: Physics, 1962

Award Year: 1980
First Name: Sheldon

Last Name: Glashow

University: University of California, Berkeley

Grant: Physics, 1962

Award Year: 1979
First Name: Steven

Last Name: Weinberg

University: University of California, Berkeley

Grant: Physics, 1961

Award Year: 1979
First Name: Leon

Last Name: Cooper

University: Brown University

Grant: Physics, 1959

Award Year: 1972
First Name: Murray

Last Name: Gell-Mann

University: California Institute of Technology

Grant: Physics, 1957

Award Year: 1969
First Name: Richard

Last Name: Feynman

University: California Institute of Technology

Grant: Physics, 1955

Award Year: 1965
First Name: Tsung-Dao

Last Name: Lee

University: Institute for Advanced Study

Grant: Physics, 1961

Award Year: 1957

Nobel Prize in Chemistry

21 Fellows

First Name

Last Name

University

Grant

Award Year

First Name: Moungi

Last Name: Bawendi

University: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Grant: Chemistry, 1994

Award Year: 2023
First Name: Karl

Last Name: Sharpless

University: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Grant: Chemistry, 1973

Award Year: 2022
First Name: Carolyn

Last Name: Bertozzi

University: University of California, Berkeley

Grant: Chemistry, 1997

Award Year: 2022
First Name: David

Last Name: MacMillan

University: California Institute of Technology

Grant: Chemistry, 2002

Award Year: 2021
First Name: Martin

Last Name: Karplus

University: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Grant: Chemistry, 1959

Award Year: 2013
First Name: Arieh

Last Name: Warshel

University: University of Southern California

Grant: Chemistry, 1978

Award Year: 2013
First Name: Robert

Last Name: Grubbs

University: Michigan State University

Grant: Chemistry, 1974

Award Year: 2005
First Name: Richard

Last Name: Schrock

University: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Grant: Chemistry, 1976

Award Year: 2005
First Name: Karl

Last Name: Sharpless

University: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Grant: Chemistry, 1973

Award Year: 2001
First Name: Alan

Last Name: Heeger

University: University of Pennsylvania

Grant: Physics, 1963

Award Year: 2000
First Name: Alan

Last Name: MacDiarmid

University: University of Pennsylvania

Grant: Chemistry, 1959

Award Year: 2000
First Name: Ahmed

Last Name: Zewail

University: California Institute of Technology

Grant: Chemistry, 1978

Award Year: 1999
First Name: Robert

Last Name: Curl

University: Rice University

Grant: Chemistry, 1961

Award Year: 1996
First Name: Richard

Last Name: Smalley

University: Rice University

Grant: Chemistry, 1978

Award Year: 1996
First Name: Mario

Last Name: Molina

University: University of California, Irvine

Grant: Chemistry, 1976

Award Year: 1995
First Name: Rudolph

Last Name: Marcus

University: Polytechnic Institute of New York University

Grant: Chemistry, 1960

Award Year: 1992
First Name: E.

Last Name: Corey

University: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Grant: Chemistry, 1955

Award Year: 1990
First Name: John

Last Name: Polanyi

University: University of Toronto

Grant: Chemistry, 1959

Award Year: 1986
First Name: Yuan-tseh

Last Name: Lee

University: The University of Chicago

Grant: Chemistry, 1969

Award Year: 1986
First Name: Dudley

Last Name: Herschbach

University: University of California, Berkeley

Grant: Chemistry, 1959

Award Year: 1986
First Name: Roald

Last Name: Hoffmann

University: Cornell University

Grant: Chemistry, 1966

Award Year: 1981

Nobel Prize in Economics

12 Fellows

First Name

Last Name

University

Grant

Award Year

First Name: Philip

Last Name: Dybvig

University: Yale University

Grant: Economics, 1986

Award Year: 2022
First Name: Ben

Last Name: Bernanke

University: Stanford University

Grant: Economics, 1983

Award Year: 2022
First Name: Guido

Last Name: Imbens

University: Harvard University

Grant: Economics, 1995

Award Year: 2021
First Name: Abhijit

Last Name: Banerjee

University: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Grant: Economics, 1994

Award Year: 2019
First Name: Esther

Last Name: Duflo

University: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Grant: Economics, 2002

Award Year: 2019
First Name: Paul

Last Name: Romer

University: The University of Chicago

Grant: Economics, 1988

Award Year: 2018
First Name: Jean

Last Name: Tirole

University: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Grant: Economics, 1985

Award Year: 2014
First Name: Lars

Last Name: Hansen

University: Carnegie Mellon University

Grant: Economics, 1982

Award Year: 2013
First Name: Alvin

Last Name: Roth

University: University of Pittsburgh

Grant: Economics, 1984

Award Year: 2012
First Name: Eric

Last Name: Maskin

University: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Grant: Economics, 1983

Award Year: 2007
First Name: Roger

Last Name: Meyerson

University: Northwestern University

Grant: Economics, 1984

Award Year: 2007
First Name: John

Last Name: Nash, Jr.

University: Institute for Advanced Study

Grant: Mathematics, 1956

Award Year: 1994