List of Nobel laureates affiliated with Kyoto University
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Ten Nobel laureates have been affiliated with Kyoto University. The building pictured is Clocktower.
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] As of October 2014, 10 then-current faculty and research staff at Kyoto University were Nobel laureates. There were not including the Third High School (precursor of Kyoto University) graduate Leo Esaki.
Laureates
| Year | Image | Laureate | Relation | Category | Rationale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 |  |
Hideki Yukawa | Alumnus; member of the faculty | Physics | "for his prediction of the existence of mesons on the basis of theoretical work on nuclear forces".[2] |
| 1965 |  |
Sin-Itiro Tomonaga (shared with Julian Schwinger and Richard Feynman) |
Alumnus | Physics | "for their fundamental work in quantum electrodynamics, with deep-ploughing consequences for the physics of elementary particles".[3] |
| 1981 | Kenichi Fukui (shared with Roald Hoffmann) |
Alumnus; D.Eng; member of the faculty | Chemistry | "for their theories, developed independently, concerning the course of chemical reactions".[4] | |
| 1987 | .jpg) |
Susumu Tonegawa | Alumnus | Physiology or Medicine | "for his discovery of the genetic principle for generation of antibody diversity."[5] |
| 1991 |  |
Aung San Suu Kyi | Visiting fellow (1985-1986); honorary fellow | Peace | "for her non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights". |
| 2001 |  |
Ryōji Noyori (shared with William Knowles and Barry Sharpless) |
Alumnus; D.Eng | Chemistry | "for their work on chirally catalysed hydrogenation reactions".[6] |
| 2008 |  |
Makoto Kobayashi | Member of the faculty (1972-1979) | Physics | "for the discovery of the origin of the broken symmetry which predicts the existence of at least three families of quarks in nature" – shared with Yoichiro Nambu and Toshihide Maskawa.[7] |
| 75px | Toshihide Maskawa | Member of the faculty (1980-2003); honorary professor | Physics | "for the discovery of the origin of the broken symmetry which predicts the existence of at least three families of quarks in nature" – shared with Yoichiro Nambu and Toshihide Maskawa.[7] | |
| 2012 |  |
Shinya Yamanaka (shared with John B. Gurdon) |
Member of the faculty | Physiology or Medicine | "for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent".[8] |
| 2014 | Isamu Akasaki (shared with Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura) |
Alumnus | Physics | "for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources".[9] |
See also
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