Leroy Hood

Leroy Hood

male, 71 years old
National Inventors Hall of Fame, Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research, American, California Institute of Technology alumni, KyotoPrize, University of Washington faculty…Lemelson-MIT Prize
Dr. Hood is recognized as one of the world's leading scientists in molecular biotechnology and genomics. A passionate and dedicated researcher, he...
Rudolf Kalman

Rudolf Kalman

male, 79 years old
Systems Engineer, kalman filter, American Mathematical Society, Avionics, NASA Ames Research Center, IEEE Medal of Honor recipient…Steele Prize, KyotoPrize
Rudolf Emil Kálmán is an American-Hungarian mathematical system theorist, who is an electrical engineer by training. He is most famous for his co...

Morris Cohen

male, deceased (2005)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, KyotoPrize, National Medal of Science, National Medal of Science recipient, ASM International
Morris Cohen (November 27, 1911 - May 27, 2005). Born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, Cohen spent his entire career affiliated with MIT. He graduated...
George William Gray

George William Gray

male
Alumni of the University of London, Fellow of the Royal Society, KyotoPrize, Academic of the University of Hull, liquid crystal, Leverhulme Medal of the Royal Society
George William Gray (born 4 September 1926) is a Professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of Hull who was instrumental in developing the...
Chushiro Hayashi

Chushiro Hayashi

male, 89 years old
Astronomer, Astrophysicist, hertzsprung-russell diagram, Japanese, Eddington Medal, Hayashi track…KyotoPrize
Chushiro Hayashi is a Japanese astrophysicist. Hayashi tracks on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram are named after him. He won the Eddington Medal in...
Walter Jakob Gehring

Walter Jakob Gehring

male, 70 years old
Balzan Prize, Drosophila, vertebrate, transposon, developmental biology, embryo…KyotoPrize
Walter Jakob Gehring (born March 20, 1939 in Zurich) is Professor at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel, Switzerland. He obtained his Ph.D....