List of Nobel Laureates affiliated with the University of Rochester

Established in 1895 by Alfred Nobel, the Nobel Prizes are awarded annually to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the fields of chemistry, physics, literature, peace, or physiology or medicine.[1] In 1968, the central bank of Sweden, Sveriges Riksbank, established the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.[1] Laureates are selected by distinct committees: the physics, chemistry, and economics prizes are awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences; physiology or medicine prize by the Karolinska Institute, peace prize by the Norwegian Nobel Committee.

As of October 2020, there are thirteen Nobel laureates associated with the University of Rochester: two received their undergraduate degree, five laureates received an advanced degree, one received both an undergraduate and advanced degree from the university, and five laureates were members of the faculty.[2]

Laureates
Year Image Laureate Category Relation Rationale
2020
Harvey J. Alter Physiology or Medicine B.A., 1956; M.D., 1960 "for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus"[3]
2018
Paul Romer Economics Faculty, 1980s "for integrating technological innovations into long-run macroeconomic analysis"[4]
2018
Gérard Mourou Physics Faculty, 1980s "for their method of generating high-intensity, ultra-short optical pulses"[5] (chirped pulse amplification)
2018
Donna Strickland Physics Ph.D., 1989 "for their method of generating high-intensity, ultra-short optical pulses"[5] (chirped pulse amplification)
2017
Richard Thaler Economics Ph.D., 1974 "for his contributions to behavioural economics"[6]
2002
Masatoshi Koshiba Physics Ph.D., 1955 “for pioneering contributions to astrophysics, in particular for the detection of cosmic neutrinos”[7]
1997
Steven Chu Physics B.A., B.S., 1970 "for development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light."[8]
1993
Robert Fogel Economics Faculty, 1960s and ’70s "for having renewed research in economic history by applying economic theory and quantitative methods in order to explain economic and institutional change"[9]
1976
D.Carleton Gajdusek Physiology or Medicine B.S., 1943 "for their discoveries concerning new mechanisms for the origin and dissemination of infectious diseases"[10]
1959
Arthur Kornberg Physiology or Medicine M.D., 1941 "for their discovery of the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of ribonucleic acid (RNA) and deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)"[11]
1955
Vincent du Vigneaud Chemistry Ph.D., 1927 "for his work on biochemically important sulphur compounds, especially for the first synthesis of a polypeptide hormone"[12]
1943
Henrik Dam Physiology or Medicine Senior research associate, 1942-1945 "for his discovery of vitamin K"[13]
1934
George H. Whipple Physiology or Medicine Faculty, founding dean of School of Medicine and Dentistry, 1921-1954 "for their discoveries concerning liver therapy in cases of anaemia"[14]

References
  1. "Nobel Prize Facts". www.nobelprize.org. Retrieved 2017-10-09.
  2. "Points of Pride". rochester.edu. Retrieved 2017-10-09.
  3. "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2020". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
  4. "The Prize in Economic Sciences 2018". www.nobelprize.org. Retrieved 2018-10-08.
  5. "The Nobel Prize in Physics 2018". www.nobelprize.org. Retrieved 2018-10-08.
  6. "The Prize in Economic Sciences 2017". www.nobelprize.org. Retrieved 2018-10-08.
  7. "The Nobel Prize in Physics 2002". www.nobelprize.org. Retrieved 2018-10-08.
  8. "The Nobel Prize in Physics 1997". www.nobelprize.org. Retrieved 2018-10-08.
  9. "The Prize in Economic Sciences 1993". www.nobelprize.org. Retrieved 2018-10-08.
  10. "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1976". www.nobelprize.org. Retrieved 2018-10-08.
  11. "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1959". www.nobelprize.org. Retrieved 2018-10-08.
  12. "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1955". www.nobelprize.org. Retrieved 2018-10-08.
  13. "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1943". www.nobelprize.org. Retrieved 2018-10-08.
  14. "The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1934". www.nobelprize.org. Retrieved 2018-10-08.
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