List of Nobel laureates affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara

The Nobel Prizes are awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Karolinska Institute, and the Norwegian Nobel Committee to individuals who make outstanding contributions in the fields of chemistry, physics, literature, peace, and physiology or medicine.[1] They were established by the 1895 will of Alfred Nobel, which dictates that the awards should be administered by the Nobel Foundation. Another prize, the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, was established in 1968 by the Sveriges Riksbank, the central bank of Sweden, for contributors to the field of economics.[2] Each prize is awarded by a separate committee; the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards the Prizes in Physics, Chemistry, and Economics, the Karolinska Institute awards the Prize in Physiology or Medicine, and the Norwegian Nobel Committee awards the Prize in Peace.[3] Each recipient receives a medal, a diploma and a cash prize that has varied throughout the years.[2] In 1901, the winners of the first Nobel Prizes were given 150,782 SEK, which is equal to 7,731,004 SEK in December 2007. In 2008, the winners were awarded a prize amount of 10,000,000 SEK.[4] The awards are presented in Stockholm in an annual ceremony on December 10, the anniversary of Nobel's death.[5]

Table

This is a table of Nobel laureates associated with the University of California, Santa Barbara, including current and former faculty members and researchers as well as graduates. As of 2014, ten Nobel laureates are associated with the university. Santa Barbara currently has six Nobel laureates on its faculty, out of the eight full-time faculty members who have won the Prize.

Name Year Prize Affiliation with the University of California, Santa Barbara
John Robert Schrieffer (1931-2019)1972PhysicsProfessor, chancellor, director (1980-2004)[6]
Walter Kohn (1923-2016)1998ChemistryResearch Professor of Physics (1980-2016)[7]
Alan J. Heeger (1936- )2000ChemistryProfessor of Physics and of Materials (1982-)[7]
Herbert Kroemer (1928- )2000PhysicsProfessor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and of Materials (1976-)[7]
David J. Gross (1941- )2004PhysicsDirector of the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (1982-)[7]
Finn E. Kydland (1943- )2004EconomicsProfessor of Economics (2004-)[7]
Edward C. Prescott (1940- )2004EconomicsMaxwell and Mary Pellish Chair in Economics (2004)[8]
Frank Wilczek (1951- )2004PhysicsChancellor Robert Huttenback Professor of Physics (1981–88)[9]
Carol W. Greider (1961- )2009Physiology or MedicineB.A. in biology (1983)[10]
Shuji Nakamura (1954- )2014PhysicsProfessor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and of Materials (1999-)[7]

See also
  • Nobel laureates by university affiliation

References
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  6. "Robert Schrieffer - Biographical". Retrieved July 7, 2015.
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