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Nobel Laureates of the Max Planck Society
The Noble Prize is the most prestigious of all scientific prizes. Since the founding of the Max Planck Society in 1948, there have been 17 Nobel Prize winners among its ranks. Furthermore, 15 Noble Prizes were awarded to scientists from the predecessor of the Max Planck Society, the Kaiser Wilhelm Society, between 1914 and 1948.
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry
2007

For his studies of chemical processes on solid surfaces.
Gerhard Ertl (*1936)
linkPfeil Fritz Haber Institute of the MP Society
Nobel Prize in Physics
2005

Together with Roy J. Glauber and John L. Hall for their contributions to the development of laser-based precision spectroscopy.
Theodor Hänsch (*1941)
linkPfeil MPI of Quantum Optics
Nobel Prize in Medicine
1995

Together with Edward B. Lewis and Eric F. Wieschaus for the discoveries concerning the genetic control of early embryonic development.
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard (*1942)
linkPfeil MPI for Developmental Biology
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
1995

Together with Mario J. Molina and F. Sherwood Rowland for their work in atmospheric chemistry, particularly concerning the formation and decomposition of ozone.
Paul Crutzen J. (*1933)
linkPfeil MPI for Chemistry
Nobel Prize in Medicine
1991

Erwin Neher and Bert Sakmann for their discoveries concerning the function of single ion channels in cells.
Erwin Neher (*1944)
linkPfeil MPI for Biophysical Chemistry
Bert Sakmann (*1942)
linkPfeil MPI for Medical Research
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
1988

Johann Deisenhofer, Robert Huber and Hartmut Michel for the determination of the three-dimensional structure of a photosynthetic reaction centre.
Robert Huber (*1937)
linkPfeil MPI of Biochemistry
Hartmut Michel (*1948)
linkPfeil MPI of Biophysics
Johann Deisenhofer (*1943)


Nobel Prize in Physics
1986

For his fundamental work in electron optics, and for the design of the first electron microscope.
Ernst Ruska (1906-1988)
linkPfeil Fritz Haber Institute of the MP Society
Nobel Prize in Physics
1985

For the discovery of the quantized Hall effect.
Klaus von Klitzing (*1943)
linkPfeil MPI for Solid State Research
Nobel Prize in Medicine
1984
Together with Niels K. Jerne and César Milstein the discovery of the principle for production of monoclonal antibodies.
Georges Köhler (1946-1995)
 
Nobel Prize in Medicine
1973
Together with Karl von Frisch and Nikolaas Tinbergen, for their discoveries concerning organization and elicitation of individual and social behavior patterns.
Konrad Lorenz (1903-1989)
 
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
1967
Together with Ronald George Wreyford Norrish and George Porter for their studies of extremely fast chemical reactions, effected by the disturbance of equilibrium by means of very short energy pulses.
Manfred Eigen (*1927)
 
Nobel Prize in Medicine
1964
Together with Konrad Bloch, for their discoveries concerning the mechanism and regulation of cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism.
Feodor Lynen (1911-1979)
 
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
1963
Together with Giulio Natta, for discoveries in the field of chemistry and high polymer technology.
Karl Ziegler (1898-1973)
 
Nobel Prize in Physics
1954
Together with Max Born, for his coincidence method and his discoveries made therewith.
Walter Bothe (1891-1957)
 
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
1954
For his discovery of heavy nuclei fission.
Otto Hahn (1879-1968)
 
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
1939
For his work on sex hormones.
Adolf Butenandt (1903-1995)
 
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
1938
For his work on carotenoids and vitamins.
Richard Kuhn (1900-1967)
 
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
1936
For his contributions to our knowledge of molecular structure through his investigations on dipole moments and on the diffraction of X-rays and electrons in gases.
Peter J. W. Debye (1884-1966)
 
Nobel Prize in Medicine
1935
For his discovery of the organizer effect in embryonic development.
Hans Spemann (1869-1941)
 
Nobel Prize in Physics
1932
For the creation of quantum mechanics, the application of which has, inter alia, led to the discovery of the allotropic hydrogen forms.
Werner Heisenberg (1901-1976)
 
Nobel Prize in Medicine
1931
For his discovery of the respiratory enzyme's nature and mode of action.
Otto Heinrich Warburg (1883-1970)
 
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
1931
Together with Friedrich Bergius, for their contributions to the invention and development of chemical high pressure methods.
Carl Bosch (1874-1940)
 
Nobel Prize in Physics
1925
Together with Gustav Ludwig Hertz, for their discovery of the laws governing the impact of an electron upon an atom.
James Franck (1882-1964)
 
Nobel Prize in Medicine
1922
Together with Archibald Vivian Hill, for his discovery relating to heat production in the muscle.
Otto Meyerhof (1884-1951)
 
Nobel Prize in Physics
1921
For his service to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the photoelectric effect.
Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
 
Nobel Prize in Physics
1918
In recognition of the services he rendered to the advancement of Physics through his discovery of energy quanta.
Max Planck (1858-1947)
 
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
1918
For ammonia synthesis from its elements.
Fritz Haber (1868-1934)
 
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
1915
For his research into plant pigments, especially chlorophyll.
Richard Willstätter (1872-1942)
 
Nobel Prize in Physics
1914
For his discovery of crystalline X-ray diffraction.
Max von Laue (1879-1960)
 


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