Awards & Winners

C. B. van Niel

Date of Birth 04-November-1897
Place of Birth Haarlem
(Netherlands, North Holland, Kingdom of the Netherlands, Holland)
Nationality United States of America, Netherlands
Also know as Cornelis Van Niel
Profession Chemist
Cornelius Bernardus Van Niel was a Dutch-American microbiologist. He introduced the study of general microbiology to the United States and made key discoveries explaining the chemistry of photosynthesis.

Awards by C. B. van Niel

Check all the awards nominated and won by C. B. van Niel.

1967


Rumford Prize
(For his contributions to the understanding of photosynthesis.)

1963


National Medal of Science for Biological Sciences
(For his fundamental investigations of the comparative biochemistry of microorganisms, for his studies of the basic mechanisms of photosynthesis, and for his excellence as a teacher of many scientists.)