Faculty and Alumni

Founding Director, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics; Research Professor of Physics

1998 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
"For his development of the density-functional theory"

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and of Materials

2000 Nobel Prize in Physics
"For developing semiconductor heterostructures used in high-speed and optoelectronics"

Professor of Physics and of Materials

2000 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
"For the discovery and development of conductive polymers"

Chancellor’s Chair in Theoretical Physics, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics

2004 Nobel Prize in Physics
"For the discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction"

Professor of Economics

2004 Nobel Prize in Economics
"For contributions to dynamic macroeconomics: the time consistency of economic policy and the driving forces behind business cycles"

Professor of Materials and of Electrical and Computer Engineering

2014 Nobel Prize in Physics
"For the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes, which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources"