Peter Lax

Peter Lax

male, 83 years old
ph.d, Scientific computing, New York University, Erdős number 3, National Medal of Science recipient, National Medal of Science…NationalAcademyofSciences, USA, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Peter David Lax (born May 1, 1926, Budapest, Hungary) is a highly-respected mathematician working in the areas of pure and applied mathematics. He...

Leonard Lerman

male
American, Nashville, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Mutagen, NationalAcademyofSciences, USA, antibodies…California Institute of Technology alumni, california institute of technology
Leonard Lerman is an American scientist most noted for his work on DNA. As a graduate student with Linus Pauling at the California Institute of...
Johnny von Neumann

Johnny von Neumann

male
married, professor, president eisenhower, colloquium, Atomic Energy Commission, University of Göttingen…University of Berlin, University of Budapest, President of the Society, National Academy of Sciences (USA), Navy Bureau of Ordnance
Johnny was the only student I was ever afraid of. If in the course of a lecture I stated an unsolved problem, the chances were he'd come to me as...
Stephen I. Katz

Stephen I. Katz

male
University of Maryland, congress, director, president, center, m.d.…Doctor of Medicine, University of London, Member of the Board of Directors, University of Munich, Office of the Director
Stephen I. Katz, M.D., Ph.D., director of the NIAMS, says, "A large multicenter clinical trial of this kind involving U.S. physicians and...
Vicki Chandler

Vicki Chandler

female
Stanford University, University of California, University of Oregon, University of Arizona, economic development, director…board of directors, Genetics Society of America, Department of Biological Sciences, Arizona Department of Commerce, National Advisory Board
Vicki Chandler , Ph.D. Director, BIO5 Institute, The University of Arizona Since taking the helm of BIO5 in 2004, Director Vicki Chandler , Ph.D....
Birgit Vennesland

Birgit Vennesland

female
scientist, Ph.D., National Academy of Sciences (USA)
Birgit Vennesland was a remarkable scientist as evidenced by the breadth and originality of her research. She was an outstanding role model who...

Charles Cantor

male (San Diego Area, California, United States)
University of California, Berkeley, Chief Scientific Officer at Sequenom, Inc, Sequenom, Inc., biotechnology, Chief Scientific Officer, Boston University…Department of Energy, Director of the Human Genome Center, National Academy of Sciences USA, Chief Scientific Officer of Sequenom
Charles Cantor Ph.D. Dr. Cantor is a founder and the Chief Scientific Officer of Sequenom, Inc., a genomics company focused on high-throughput SNP...

Alan Fersht

male
Harvard University, weizmann institute, molecular, honorary, member, protein…Royal Society of Chemistry, Academy of Medical Sciences, American Academy of Arts, National Academy of Sciences (USA)
Alan Fersht is a Fellow of the Royal Society, Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences...

Edmund S. Phelps

male
University of Pennsylvania, Yale University, Amherst College, federal reserve board, econometric society, economic…New York Academy of Sciences, Department of Economics, University of Rome, University of Mannheim, American Academy of Arts
Edmund S. Phelps joined the Department of Economics at Columbia in 1971 after several years at the University of Pennsylvania and Yale University....