Dickson Prize in Science
The Dickson Prize in Science is an American science award that was donated in 1969 by Joseph Z. Dickson, a doctor from Pittsburgh , and his wife Agnes Fischer Dickson. It has been awarded annually by Carnegie Mellon University since 1970 to the person who has made the "greatest advance in science" that year. Achievements in natural sciences , engineering , computer science and mathematics are honored . The award may not be awarded solely to a Carnegie Mellon University graduate or employee; the focus of the excellent scientific achievement is said to have been provided in the United States.
The Dickson Prize in Medicine was also donated by Dickson and his wife, although it is awarded by the University of Pittsburgh .
Six of the 44 prize winners (as of 2017) later received a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine , a Nobel Prize in Physics or a Nobel Prize in Chemistry .
Award winners
Source:
- 2019 Geraldine Richmond (chemistry)
- 2018 Emery N. Brown (Neuroscience)
- 2017 Jennifer A. Doudna (genetic engineering)
- 2016 Chad A. Mirkin (Nanotechnology)
- 2015 Judea Pearl (Computer Science)
- 2014 Joseph M. DeSimone (Pharmacology)
- 2013 Karl Deisseroth (optogenetics)
- 2012 François MM Morel (Geosciences)
- 2011 Marvin L. Cohen (physics)
- 2010 David A. Tirrell (chemistry)
- 2009 Saul Perlmutter (Nobel Prize in Physics 2011) (Physics)
- 2008 Richard M. Karp (electrical engineering and computer science)
- 2007 Jean JM Fréchet (Organic Chemistry and Chemical Engineering)
- 2006 Jared M. Diamond (geography, ecology, evolutionary biology)
- 2005 David Haussler (Computational learning theory and bioinformatics)
- 2004 George M. Whitesides (Materials Chemistry)
- 2003 Marc W. Kirschner (Cell Biology)
- 2002 Robert Langer (chemical and biomedical engineering)
- 2001 Carver Mead (microelectronics and engineering)
- 2000 Alexander Pines (chemistry)
- 1999 Howard Raiffa (decision theory)
- 1998 Peter Shor (quantum computing)
- 1997 Walter Alvarez (stratigraphy and geological history)
- 1996 John P. Hirth (structural defects in phase transformation)
- 1995 Leland H. Hartwell (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2001) (Cell Biology)
- 1994 Raymond Kurzweil (Artificial Intelligence)
- 1993 Vera Rubin (astrophysics)
- 1992 Paul C. Lauterbur (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2003) (magnetic resonance imaging)
- 1991 David Botstein (genetics)
- 1990 F. Sherwood Rowland (Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1995) (Carbon of the atmosphere)
- 1989 Richard E. Dickerson (Molecular Biology)
- 1988 Joan A. Steitz (Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry)
- 1987 Mitchell Feigenbaum (physics)
- 1986 Benjamin Widom (chemical engineering, physics and chemistry)
- 1985 Norman Davidson (Genetics, Biology and Chemistry)
- 1983–1984 Edward Fredkin (computer science)
- 1982 Harden M. McConnell (magnetic resonance)
- 1980 John W. Cahn (metallurgy)
- 1978 Seymour Benzer (Genetics and Molecular Biology)
- 1977 John H. Sinfelt (chemical engineering)
- 1974 David H. Geiger (civil engineering)
- 1973 Elias J. Corey (Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1990) (Organic Chemistry)
- 1972 Francis VerSnyder (metallurgy)
- 1971 George E. Palade (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1974), Keith R. Porter (Cell Biology)
- 1970 Richard Bellman (mathematics)
Web links
- Dickson Prize in Science at cmu.edu (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Past Winners at cmu.edu; accessed on January 11, 2018