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Faculty Awards

College of Natural Sciences faculty are award-winning across disciplines and include Nobel Laureates, Medal of Science recipients and more. A small sample of award winners are listed below.

To learn about about award-winning educators, go to the college's teaching award page.

Nobel Prize

  • Steven Weinberg (Physics) - 1979

National Academy of Sciences

  • Richard Aldrich (Neurobiology) - 2008
  • Paul Barbara (Chemistry & Biochemistry) (d) - 2006
  • Allen Bard (Chemistry & Biochemistry) - 1982
  • Luis Caffarelli (Mathematics) - 1991
  • David Hillis (Integrative Biology) - 2008
  • Alan Lambowitz (Cell and Molecular Biology) - 2004
  • Allan MacDonald (Phsyics) - 2010
  • William Press (Integrative Biology, Computer Science) - 1994
  • Lester Reed (Chemistry & Biochemistry, Emeritus) - 1973
  • Peter Rossky (Chemistry & Biochemistry) - 2011
  • Harry Swinney (Physics) - 1992
  • John Tate (Mathematics) - 1969
  • Karen Uhlenbeck (Mathematics) - 1986
  • Steven Weinberg (Physics) - 1972

National Academy of Engineering

  • J Strother Moore (Computer Science)
  • C. Grant Willson (Chemistry & Biochemistry)
  • Simon Lam (Computer Science)

Institute of Medicine

  • George Georgiou (Molecular Genetics and Microbiology) - 2011

Fellows of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences

  • Rick Aldrich (Neurobiology)
  • Paul Barbara (Chemistry & Biochemistry) (d)
  • Allen Bard (Chemistry & Biochemistry)
  • James Bull (Integrative Biology)
  • Luis Caffarelli (Mathematics)
  • David Crews (Integrative Biology)
  • David Hillis (Integrative Biology)
  • Mark Kirkpatrick (Integrative Biology)
  • Alan Lambowitz (Cell & Molecular Biology)
  • Allan MacDonald (Physics)
  • Lester Reed (Chemistry & Biochemistry, Emeritus)
  • Peter Rossky (Chemistry & Biochemistry)
  • Michael Ryan (Integrative Biology)
  • Roy Schwitters (Physics)
  • Beryl Simpson (Integrative Biology)
  • Harry Swinney (Physics)
  • Karen Uhlenbeck (Mathematics)
  • Steven Weinberg (Physics)

Fellows as of Apr. 2011.

National Medals of Science

  • Steven Weinberg
  • Karen Uhlenbeck
  • Karl Folkers (d)
  • Norman Hackerman (d)

Other Major Awards

  • Abel Prize - John Tate (2010)
  • Turing Award - E. Allen Emerson (2007)
  • Wolf Prize - Allen Bard (2008), Luis Cafferelli (2012)
  • Dirac Medal - George Sudarshan (2010)
 
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