| Year |
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Winner |
Winner Work |
| 2013 |
|
Paul Nurse |
For his long-term work as a scientific leader of several prestigious organizations, with significant influence on both health and education, marked by a strong commitment to excellence in learning, research and knowledge transfer. |
| 2012 |
|
Michael Grätzel |
For his important achievements in the development of much-needed alternative energy sources. |
| 2011 |
|
Geoffrey A. Ozin |
For his pioneering accomplishments in the field of nanochemistry that have helped to define and establish the rapidly expanding discipline, which has now become the cornerstone of modern chemistry. |
| 2010 |
|
Julio Montaner |
For his relentless advancements in the treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS since the early 1980s. |
| 2009 |
|
John T. Houghton |
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| 2008 |
|
Ada Yonath |
For her pioneering contributions to protein biosynthesis in the field of ribosomal crystallography and her introduction of innovative techniques in cryo-bio crystallography. |
| 2007 |
|
Fraser Stoddart |
For his outstanding and pioneering work in molecular recognition and self-assembly and the introduction of quick and efficient template-directed synthetic routes to mechanically interlocked molecular compounds, which have changed the way chemists think about molecular switches and machines. |
| 2006 |
|
Ahmed Zewail |
For his pioneering development of the new field femtoscience and for his seminal contributions to the revolutionary discipline of physical biology, creating new ways for better understanding the functional behavior of biological systems by directly visualizing them in the four dimensions of space and time. |
| 2005 |
|
John Hopfield |
For his valuable contributions to all three of the major disciplines of modern science: physics, chemistry and biology. |
| 2004 |
|
Ralph J. Cicerone |
For his valuable and pioneering contributions to atmospheric chemistry, which demonstrate the critical importance of basic science in helping to understand the health of the planet and how to plan for its future. |
| 2003 |
|
Martin Rees |
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| 2002 |
|
Daniel H. Janzen |
For his many contributions in the field of Biological Sciences. |
| 2001 |
|
Niels Birbaumer |
For his many contributions to Neurobiology, as well as his pioneering work on the self-regulation of slow cortical potentials and behavior. |
| 2000 |
|
Frank Fenner |
For his valuable and pioneering contributions in the Biomedical Sciences field. |
| 1999 |
|
Robert Weinberg |
For his valuable and pioneering contributions in the field of Biomedical Sciences and for his productive trajectory related to the genetic and molecular basis of neoplastic disease. |
| 1998 |
|
Charles R. Goldman |
For his valuable, remarkable, and diverse contributions to scientific research and conservation during his 40 year professional career. |
| 1997 |
|
Jean Marie Ghuysen |
For his valuable and pioneering contributions in the field of antibacterial chemotherapy where his research has been decisive in opening avenues of scientific exploration for his colleagues in Liege and internationally. |
| 1996 |
|
Alec Jeffreys |
For his valuable and pioneering contributions to Biological Sciences, specifically in the field of Genetics. |
| 1995 |
|
Herbert Jasper |
For his more than 50 years of valuable and pioneering research in the field of neuroscience. |
| 1994 |
|
Frank Sherwood Rowland |
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| 1993 |
|
Ali Javan |
For his more than 30 years of research into the physics of lasers. |
| 1992 |
|
Raymond Lemieux |
For his more than 40 years of research into the chemistry of carbohydrates. |
| 1991 |
|
Albrecht Fleckenstein |
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| 1990 |
|
Gustav Nossal |
|
| 1989 |
|
Martin Kamen |
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| 1988 |
|
Margaret Burbidge |
For her fundamental contributions to several areas of astrophysics, namely: the stellar composition of stars, spectroscopy of normal galaxies, properties, rotations, and masses of stars and the physical properties, energy sources and radiation mechanisms of quasars. |
| 1987 |
|
Hugh Huxley |
For his contributions to molecular biology, notably his classic work in the field of muscle biology. |
| 1986 |
|
M. S. Swaminathan |
For his contributions to plant genetics and his influence on international agricultural development. |
| 1985 |
|
Werner Stumm |
For his contributions to environmental science and his significant influence to the implementation of water pollution control measures in Switzerland as well as in other countries. |
| 1984 |
|
Ricardo Bressani |
For his contributions to the improvement of human nutrition in Latin America as well as for his efforts to increase agricultural production in the same region. |
