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Nobel Prize

United States · Science / Chemistry. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

19Records
1954–2024Date range
19Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1954

Linus Pauling1954

Stockholm · Science / Chemistry

Receives the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for research on the nature of the chemical bond and molecular structure.

1983

Henry Taube1983

Stockholm · Science / Chemistry

Receives the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work on electron-transfer reactions, especially in metal complexes.

1984

Bruce Merrifield10 December 1984

Stockholm · Science / Chemistry

Receives the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing solid-phase methods for chemical synthesis, especially peptide synthesis.

1987

Charles John Pedersen1987

Stockholm · Science / Chemistry

Shares the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing molecules with structure-specific interactions, including crown ethers.

1989

Sydney Altman1989

Stockholm · Science / Chemistry

Shares the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering catalytic properties of RNA.

Thomas Cech1989

Stockholm · Science / Chemistry

Shares the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for discovering catalytic properties of RNA.

2010

Richard F. Heck2010

Stockholm · Science / Chemistry

Shares the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing palladium-catalysed cross-coupling reactions in organic synthesis.

2012

Brian Kobilka2012

Stockholm · Science / Chemistry

Shares the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for studies of G-protein-coupled receptors.

Robert J. Lefkowitz2012

Stockholm · Science / Chemistry

Shares the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for studies of G-protein-coupled receptors.

2014

Eric Betzig2014

Stockholm · Science / Chemistry

Shares the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing super-resolved fluorescence microscopy.

William E. Moerner2014

Stockholm · Science / Chemistry

Shares the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing super-resolved fluorescence microscopy.

2015

Paul Modrich2015

Stockholm · Science / Chemistry

Shares the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for mechanistic studies of DNA repair.

2018

Frances H. Arnold2018

Stockholm · Science / Chemistry

Shares the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the directed evolution of enzymes.

George P. Smith2018

Stockholm · Science / Chemistry

Shares the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing phage display of peptides and antibodies.

2019

John B. Goodenough2019

Stockholm · Science / Chemistry

Shares the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing lithium-ion batteries.

2020

Jennifer Doudna7 October 2020

Stockholm · Science / Chemistry

Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for development of genome editing with CRISPR-Cas9.

2022

Carolyn R. Bertozzi2022

Stockholm · Science / Chemistry

Shares the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry.

K. Barry Sharpless2022

Stockholm · Science / Chemistry

Shares the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry.

2024

David Baker2024

Stockholm · Science / Chemistry

Shares the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for computational protein design.

Names involved

Brian KobilkaBruce MerrifieldCarolyn R. BertozziCharles John PedersenDavid BakerEric BetzigFrances H. ArnoldGeorge P. SmithHenry TaubeJennifer DoudnaJohn B. GoodenoughK. Barry SharplessLinus PaulingPaul ModrichRichard F. HeckRobert J. LefkowitzSydney AltmanThomas CechWilliam E. Moerner

Provenance

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