Nobel prizes in sciences 2016-
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2016
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The Nobel Prize in Physics 2016 was divided, one half awarded to David J. Thouless, the other half jointly to F. Duncan M. Haldane and J. Michael Kosterlitz “for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter”.
1.David J. Thouless
Born: 1934, Bearsden, United KingdomAffiliation at the time of the award: University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Prize share: 1/2)
2.F. Duncan M. Haldane
Born: 1951, London, United Kingdom
Affiliation at the time of the award: Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
Prize share: 1/4
3.J. Michael Kosterlitz
Born: 1942, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Affiliation at the time of the award: Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
Prize share: 1/4
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2016
1.Jean-Pierre Sauvage
Born: 1944, Paris, France
Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
Prize motivation: “for the design and synthesis of molecular machines”
Prize share: 1/3
2.Sir J. Fraser Stoddart
Born: 1942, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Affiliation at the time of the award: Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
Prize motivation: “for the design and synthesis of molecular machines”
Prize share: 1/3
3,Bernard L. Feringa
Born: 1951, Barger-Compascuum, the Netherlands
Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
Prize motivation: “for the design and synthesis of molecular machines”
Prize share: 1/3
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2016
Yoshinori Ohsumi
Born: 1945, Fukuoka, Japan
Affiliation at the time of the award: Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
Prize motivation: “for his discoveries of mechanisms for autophagy”
Prize share: 1/1
Ref:http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/lists/year/index.html?year=2016&images=yes
