List of Nobel laureates affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley
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Nobel laureates on Berkeley's faculty can take advantage of special exclusive parking spaces on the Berkeley campus.
This is an alphabetical table of Nobel laureates associated with the University of California, Berkeley, including current and former faculty members and researchers as well as graduates. As of 2006[update], 61 Nobel laureates are associated with Berkeley.
Berkeley currently has seven Nobel laureates on its faculty, out of the twenty full-time faculty members who have won the Prize.
Contents: Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
| Name | Prize | Relationship to UC Berkeley |
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| George A. Akerlof (1940- ) | 2001, Economics | Professor of Economics (1966-1978, 1980- ) |
| Luis Alvarez (1911-1988) | 1968, Physics | Professor of Physics (1936-88) |
| Werner Arber (1929- ) | 1978, Medicine | Researcher (1963), Visiting Professor of Molecular Biology (1970-1971) |
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| Felix Bloch (1905-1983) | 1952, Physics | Cyclotron researcher (1939) |
| Sydney Brenner (1927- ) | 2002, Medicine | Researcher (1953), Founder of the Molecular Sciences Institute in Berkeley (1996) |
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| Melvin Calvin (1911-1997) | 1961, Chemistry | Professor of Chemistry (1947-1997) |
| Thomas R. Cech (1947- ) | 1989, Chemistry | PhD 1975 |
| Owen Chamberlain (1920-2006) | 1959, Physics | Professor of Physics (1958-2006) |
| Steven Chu (1948- ) | 1997, Physics | PhD 1976, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab Director (2004- ) |
| Robert F. Curl Jr. (1933- ) | 1996, Chemistry | PhD 1950 |
| James Watson Cronin (1931-) | 1980, Physics | Researcher at Berkeley Bevatron (1958) |
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| Gerard Debreu (1921-2004) | 1983, Economics | Professor of Economics (1962-2004) |
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| Joseph Erlanger (1874-1965) | 1944, Medicine | BS 1895 |
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| Andrew Fire (1959-) | 2006, Medicine | BA 1978 |
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| William F. Giauque (1895-1982) | 1949, Chemistry | BS 1920, PhD 1922, Professor of Chemistry (1922-1982) |
| Donald A. Glaser (1926- ) | 1960, Physics | Professor of Physics (1957- ) |
| Sheldon Lee Glashow (1932- ) | 1979, Physics | Professor of Physics (1960-1966) |
| David Gross (1941- ) | 2004, Physics | PhD 1966 |
| Pierre-Gilles de Gennes (1932-2007) | 1991, Physics | Postdoctoral 1959 |
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| John C. Harsanyi (1920-2000) | 1994, Economics | Professor of Economics (1964-2000) |
| Alan J. Heeger (1936- ) | 2000, Chemistry | PhD 1961 |
| Dudley R. Herschbach (1932- ) | 1986, Chemistry | Professor of Chemistry (1959-63) |
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| Daniel Kahneman (1934- ) | 2002, Economics | PhD 1961, Professor of Psychology (1986-1994) |
| Lawrence R. Klein (1920- ) | 1980, Economics | BA 1942 |
| Arthur Kornberg (1918-2007 ) | 1959, Medicine | Research investigator (1951) |
| Kurt Wüthrich (1938- ) | 2002, Chemistry | Research investigator (1965) |
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| Willis E. Lamb Jr. (1913- ) | 1955, Physics | BS 1934, PhD 1938 |
| Robert B. Laughlin (1950- ) | 1998, Physics | BS 1972 |
| Ernest O. Lawrence (1901-1958) | 1939, Physics | Professor of Physics (1930-1958), Radiation Lab director (1936-1958) |
| Tsung-Dao Lee (1926-) | 1957, Physics | Research Associate and Instructor (1950-51) |
| Yuan T. Lee (1936- ) | 1986, Chemistry | PhD 1965, Professor of Chemistry (1974- ) |
| Willard F. Libby (1908-1980) | 1960, Chemistry | BS 1931, PhD 1933, Lecturer (1933-41) |
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| John C. Mather (1945- ) | 2006, Physics | PhD 1974 |
| Daniel McFadden (1937-) | 2000, Economics | Professor of Economics (1963-1979, 1990- ) |
| Edwin M. McMillan (1907-1991) | 1951, Physics | Professor of Chemistry (1946-1991) |
| Czesław Miłosz (1911-2004) | 1980, Literature | Professor of Slavic Languages and Literature (1961-2004) |
| Mario J. Molina (1943- ) | 1995, Chemistry | PhD 1972 |
| Kary B. Mullis (1944- ) | 1993, Chemistry | PhD 1972 |
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| Douglass C. North (1920- ) | 1993, Economics | BA 1942, PhD 1952 |
| John H. Northrop (1891-1987) | 1946, Chemistry | Professor of Chemistry (1949-1987) |
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| Stanley B. Prusiner (1942- ) | 1997, Medicine | Professor of Virology in Residence (1984- ) |
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| Glenn T. Seaborg (1912-1999) | 1951, Chemistry | PhD 1937, Professor of Chemistry (1937-1999), Chancellor (1958–1961) |
| Thomas Schelling (1921- ) | 2005, Economics | BA 1944 |
| Amartya Sen (1933- ) | 1998, Economics | Researcher (1964-1965) |
| Emilio Segrè (1905-1989) | 1959, Physics | Radiation Lab 1938-46, Professor of Physics (1946-1989) |
| Julian Schwinger (1918-1994) | 1965, Physics | Research fellow (1939-1941) |
| Herbert A. Simon (1916-2001) | 1978, Economics | Research Director (1939-1942) |
| Hamilton O. Smith (1931- ) | 1978, Medicine | BS 1952 |
| George F. Smoot (1945- ) | 2006, Physics | Professor of Physics (1994- ) |
| Wendell M. Stanley (1904-1971) | 1946, Chemistry | Professor of Chemistry (1948-1971) |
| Jack Steinberger (1921- ) | 1988, Physics | Researcher (1949-1950) |
| Otto Stern (1888-1969) | 1939, Physics | LLD 1930 |
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| Henry Taube (1915- ) | 1983, Chemistry | PhD 1940, Instructor (1940-41) |
| Charles H. Townes (1915- ) | 1964, Physics | Professor of Physics (1967- ) |
| Roger Y. Tsien (1952- ) | 2008, Chemistry | Professor of Chemistry (1982-89) |
| Richard E. Taylor (1930- ) | 1990, Physics | Physicist, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (1961-62 ) |
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| Harold C. Urey (1893-1981) | 1934, Chemistry | PhD 1923 |
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| Selman Waksman (1918-1973) | 1952, Medicine | PhD 1918 |
| Steven Weinberg (1933- ) | 1979, Physics | Researcher (1959-66) |
| Maurice Wilkins (1916- ) | 1962, Medicine | Manhattan Project (1941-1945) |
| Geoffrey Wilkinson (1921-1996) | 1973, Chemistry | Radiation Lab (1946-1949) |
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| Ahmed H. Zewail (1946- ) | 1999, Chemistry | Researcher (1974-1976) |
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| Name | Year | Prize | Affiliation with UC Berkeley |
| George Akerlof (1940- ) | 2001 | Economics | Professor of Economics (1966-1978, 1980- ) |
| Luis Walter Alvarez (1911-1988) | 1968 | Physics | Professor of Physics (1936-88) |
| Werner Arber (1929- ) | 1978 | Medicine | Researcher (1963), Visiting Professor of Molecular Biology (1970-1971) |
| Felix Bloch (1905-1983) | 1952 | Physics | Cyclotron researcher (1939) |
| Sydney Brenner (1927- ) | 2002 | Medicine | Researcher (1953), Founder of the Molecular Sciences Institute in Berkeley (1996) |
| Melvin Calvin (1911-1997) | 1961 | Chemistry | Professor of Chemistry (1947-1997) |
| Thomas Cech (1947- ) | 1989 | Chemistry | PhD 1975 |
| Owen Chamberlain (1920-2006) | 1959 | Physics | Professor of Physics (1958-2006) |
| Steven Chu (1948- ) | 1997 | Physics | PhD 1976, Berkeley Lab Director (2004- ) |
| Robert Curl (1933- ) | 1996 | Chemistry | PhD 1950 |
| James Cronin (1931-) | 1980 | Physics | Researcher at Berkeley Bevatron (1958) |
| Gérard Debreu (1921-2004) | 1983 | Economics | Professor of Economics (1962-2004) |
| Joseph Erlanger (1895-1965) | 1944 | Medicine | BS 1895 |
| Andrew Fire (1959-) | 2006 | Medicine | BA 1978 |
| William Giauque (1895-1982) | 1949 | Chemistry | BS 1920, PhD 1922, Professor of Chemistry (1922-1982) |
| Donald A. Glaser (1926- ) | 1960 | Physics | Professor of Physics (1957- ) |
| Sheldon Lee Glashow (1932- ) | 1979 | Physics | Professor of Physics (1960-1966) |
| David Gross (1941- ) | 2004 | Physics | PhD 1966 |
| Pierre-Gilles de Gennes (1932- ) | 1991 | Physics | Postdoctoral 1959 |
| John Harsanyi (1920-2000) | 1994 | Economics | Professor of Economics (1964-2000) |
| Alan J. Heeger (1936- ) | 2000 | Chemistry | PhD 1961 |
| Dudley R. Herschbach (1932- ) | 1986 | Chemistry | Professor of Chemistry (1959-63) |
| Daniel Kahneman (1934- ) | 2002 | Economics | PhD 1961, Professor of Psychology (1986-1994) |
| Lawrence Klein (1920- ) | 1980 | Economics | BA 1942 |
| Arthur Kornberg (1918- ) | 1959 | Medicine | Research investigator (1951) |
| Kurt Wüthrich (1938- ) | 2002 | Chemistry | Research investigator (1965) |
| Willis Lamb (1913- ) | 1955 | Physics | BS 1934, PhD 1938 |
| Robert B. Laughlin (1950- ) | 1998 | Physics | BS 1972 |
| Ernest Lawrence (1901-1958) | 1939 | Physics | Professor of Physics (1930-1958), Radiation Lab director (1936-1958) |
| Tsung-Dao Lee (1926-) | 1957 | Physics | Research Associate and Instructor (1950-51) |
| Yuan T. Lee (1936- ) | 1986 | Chemistry | PhD 1965, Professor of Chemistry (1974- ) |
| Willard Libby (1908-1980) | 1960 | Chemistry | BS 1931, PhD 1933, Lecturer (1933-41) |
| John C. Mather (1945- ) | 2006 | Physics | PhD 1974 |
| Daniel McFadden (1937-) | 2000 | Economics | Professor of Economics (1963-1979, 1990- ) |
| Edwin McMillan (1907-1991) | 1951 | Physics | Professor of Chemistry (1946-1991) |
| Czesław Miłosz (1911-2004) | 1980 | Literature | Professor of Slavic Languages and Literature (1961-2004) |
| Mario J. Molina (1943- ) | 1995 | Chemistry | PhD 1972 |
| Kary Mullis (1944- ) | 1993 | Chemistry | PhD 1972 |
| Douglass North (1920- ) | 1993 | Economics | BA 1942, PhD 1952 |
| John Howard Northrop (1891-1987) | 1946 | Chemistry | Professor of Chemistry (1949-1987) |
| Stanley B. Prusiner (1942- ) | 1997 | Medicine | Professor of Virology in Residence (1984- ) |
| Glenn T. Seaborg (1912-1999) | 1951 | Chemistry | PhD 1937, Professor of Chemistry (1937-1999), Chancellor (1958–1961) |
| Thomas Schelling (1921- ) | 2005 | Economics | BA 1944 |
| Amartya Sen (1933- ) | 1998 | Economics | Researcher (1964-1965) |
| Emilio G. Segrè (1905-1989) | 1959 | Physics | Radiation Lab 1938-46, Professor of Physics (1946-1989) |
| Julian Schwinger (1918-1994) | 1965 | Physics | Research fellow (1939-1941) |
| Herbert Simon (1916-2001) | 1978 | Economics | Research Director (1939-1942) |
| Hamilton O. Smith (1931- ) | 1978 | Medicine | BS 1952 |
| George Smoot (1945- ) | 2006 | Physics | Professor of Physics (1994- ) |
| Wendell Meredith Stanley (1904-1971) | 1946 | Chemistry | Professor of Chemistry (1948-1971) |
| Jack Steinberger (1921- ) | 1988 | Physics | Researcher (1949-1950) |
| Otto Stern (1888-1969) | 1939 | Physics | LLD 1930 |
| Henry Taube (1915- ) | 1983 | Chemistry | PhD 1940, Instructor (1940-41) |
| Charles Hard Townes (1915- ) | 1964 | Physics | Professor of Physics (1967- ) |
| Richard E. Taylor (1930- ) | 1990 | Physics | Physicist, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (1961-62 ) |
| Harold Urey (1893-1981) | 1934 | Chemistry | PhD 1923 |
| Selman Waksman (1918-1973) | 1952 | Medicine | PhD 1918 |
| Steven Weinberg (1933- ) | 1979 | Physics | Researcher (1959-66) |
| Maurice Wilkins (1916- ) | 1962 | Medicine | Manhattan Project (1941-1945) |
| Geoffrey Wilkinson (1921-1996) | 1973 | Chemistry | Radiation Lab (1946-1949) |
| Ahmed Zewail (1946- ) | 1999 | Chemistry | Researcher (1974-1976) |
