Nobel Prize Winners of 1995

Paul J. Crutzen - Male - 61 years

Birth country: the Netherlands

Motivation: for their work in atmospheric chemistry, particularly concerning the formation and decomposition of ozone

Affiliation: Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie - Germany

Mario J. Molina - Male - 52 years

Birth country: Mexico

Motivation: for their work in atmospheric chemistry, particularly concerning the formation and decomposition of ozone

Affiliation: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - USA

F. Sherwood Rowland - Male - 68 years

Birth country: USA

Motivation: for their work in atmospheric chemistry, particularly concerning the formation and decomposition of ozone

Affiliation: University of California - USA

Robert E. Lucas Jr. - Male - 58 years

Birth country: USA

Motivation: for having developed and applied the hypothesis of rational expectations, and thereby having transformed macroeconomic analysis and deepened our understanding of economic policy

Affiliation: University of Chicago - USA

Seamus Heaney - Male - 56 years

Birth country: Northern Ireland

Motivation: for works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past

Edward B. Lewis - Male - 77 years

Birth country: USA

Motivation: for their discoveries concerning the genetic control of early embryonic development

Affiliation: California Institute of Technology (Caltech) - USA

Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard - Female - 52 years

Birth country: Germany

Motivation: for their discoveries concerning the genetic control of early embryonic development

Affiliation: Max-Planck-Institut für Entwicklungsbiologie - Germany

Eric F. Wieschaus - Male - 48 years

Birth country: USA

Motivation: for their discoveries concerning the genetic control of early embryonic development

Affiliation: Princeton University - USA

Joseph Rotblat - Male - 86 years

Birth country: Poland

Motivation: for their efforts to diminish the part played by nuclear arms in international politics and, in the longer run, to eliminate such arms

Martin L. Perl - Male - 68 years

Birth country: USA

Motivation: for the discovery of the tau lepton

Affiliation: Stanford University - USA

Frederick Reines - Male - 77 years

Birth country: USA

Motivation: for the detection of the neutrino

Affiliation: University of California - USA