Nobel Prize

Interview with Oleksandra Matviichuk, Head of Center for Civil Liberties, September 2023 in Oslo, Norway. What was your first reaction on hearing the news of your Nobel Peace Prize?  Oleksandra Matviichuk: When we got this information, I was very surprised. I couldn’t believe it, because we have never even dreamt about the Nobel Peace Prize…

Interview with the 2022 Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry K. Barry Sharpless on 6 December 2022 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. How does it feel to be back in Stockholm to receive your second Nobel Prize?  K. Barry Sharpless: I’m not great in social circumstances, so I feel uncomfortable when I’m under the…

Interview with the 2022 Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry Morten Meldal on 6 December 2022 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. What do you enjoy about science?  Morten Meldal: I love to do things practically. I’m actually in the lab with my coworkers quite a lot. We’re doing exciting projects in the fume hood.…

Interview with the Laureates in Economics Eric S. Maskin and Roger B. Myerson, 6 December 2007. The interviewer is Adam Smith, Editor-in-Chief of Nobelprize.org. Eric Maskin, Roger Myerson, welcome to this interview with Nobelprize.org and to Stockholm. You’re co-recipients, together with Leo Hurwicz of the 2007 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in honour of…

Interview with the 2008 Nobel Laureates in Chemistry Osamu Shimomura, Martin Chalfie and Roger Y. Tsien, 6 December 2008. The interviewer is Adam Smith, Editor-in-Chief of Nobelprize.org. Osamu Shimomura, Martin Chalfie, Roger Tsien, welcome to Stockholm and congratulations on the award of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Martin Chalfie: Thank you. As I’m sure you’ve…

Interview with the 2007 Nobel Prize laureates in physics Albert Fert and Peter Grünberg, 6 December 2007. The interviewer is Adam Smith, Editor-in-Chief of Nobelprize.org. Albert Fert, Peter Grünberg, welcome to this interview for Nobelprize.org. You are the co-recipients of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physics and often the work for which the Nobel Prize…

Transcript from an interview with the 2007 Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine Mario R. Capecchi, Sir Martin J. Evans and Oliver Smithies, 6 December 2007. The interviewer is Adam Smith, Editor-in-Chief of Nobelprize.org. Oliver Smithies, Mario Capecchi, Martin Evans, co-recipients of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Welcome to this interview with…

Interview with the 2005 Nobel Prize laureates in physics, Roy J. Glauber, John L. Hall and Theodor W. Hänsch, 6 December 2005. The interviewer is Joanna Rose, science writer. Dr Hänsch, Dr Glauber and Dr Hall, welcome to this interview and welcome to Stockholm. My congratulations to the Nobel Prize. I thought that perhaps we…

Interview with two of the 2004 Nobel Laureates in Physics, David J. Gross and Frank Wilczek, 9 December 2004. The interviewer is Joanna Rose, science writer. Dr David Gross and Dr Frank Wilczek, my congratulations to the Nobel Prize. You have been waiting for a long time for this prize, how was it? David Gross:…

Interview with the 2022 Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry Carolyn Bertozzi on 6 December 2022 during the Nobel Week in Stockholm, Sweden. Where does your passion for science come from? Carolyn Bertozzi: I was born in Boston, Massachusetts in the United States, and I grew up in a household where science was very much a…