Nobel Prize

Interview, February 2021 Photo courtesy of University of Alberta “We’re all on a learning curve” Nobelprize.org interviewed Michael Houghton on 1 February 2021. We spoke with him about his journey into science, his advice for students and the importance of persistence. Nobel Minds 2020 Five of the 2020 Nobel Laureates met digitally on 10…

Interview, March 2021 Photo courtesy of Rockefeller University “Try and find something that you have a passion for” Nobelprize.org met virologist and dog lover Charles Rice on 11 March 2021. We spoke about his path into science, what advice he can give to younger researchers and how he received the news about his Nobel Prize.…

Interview, December 2020 Harvey Alter in December 2020 during an interview with nobelprize.org @ Nobel Prize Outreach. Photo: Anna Sjöström Douagi “I became the poet laureate of hepatitis” Nobelprize.org interviewed Harvey J. Alter on 11 December 2020. We spoke with him about receiving the Nobel Prize, his journey in science and the roles humour and…

Interview with Eugene F. Fama on 6 December 2013 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. Could you explain your awarded work for young students? Eugene F. Fama: If I would explain my work, I started back in 1962 working on the general topic is how do prices incorporate new information. It’s called the efficient…

Interview with the 2011 Nobel Laureates in Physics Saul Perlmutter, Brian P. Schmidt and Adam G. Riess on 6 December 2011. Adam Riess, Saul Perlmutter, Brian Schmidt, welcome to Stockholm. I gather that this year Stockholm is making itself the city of lights for Christmas which seems very appropriate as a way to welcome three…

Interview with Martin Karplus on 6 December 2013, during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. Could you explain your Nobel Prize awarded work for young students? Martin Karplus: Actually, I have a niece who is 13 years old who is with us here, and we talked a little about it. It turns out at least…

Interview with Sir J. Fraser Stoddart on 6 December 2016, during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. Fraser Stoddart, welcome to Nobel Week in Stockholm. Fraser Stoddart: Thank you. All Nobel Laureates are asked to bring an artefact to donate to the Nobel Museum here in Stockholm, what did you bring? Fraser Stoddart: I brought…

Interview with 2013 Laureate in Economic Sciences Robert J. Shiller, 6 December 2013. Could you please explain your Prize awarded work for 13-14-year olds? Robert J. Shiller: I was part of a three-man award. It’s a little hard because I think that the descriptions they might give will be different than mine, so I have…

Interview with Lars Peter Hansen on 6 December 2013 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. Could you describe your awarded work for young students? Lars Peter Hansen: The way that I like to describe my work is that it’s developing statistical methods to do something without having to do everything. Let me elaborate a…

Interview with Ahmet Üzümcü, Director-General of Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on 12 December 2013. What were you doing when you got the message of being awarded the Nobel Prize? Ahmet Üzümcü: I was at a meeting with members of the delegations and the meeting starts at 10 o’clock and we got…