Most Outstanding Scientists (50)

Deep learning pioneer and Godfather of AI, Nobel Prize in Physics and Turing Award laureate

DeepMind co-founder, led AlphaFold protein structure prediction, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate

Core developer of AlphaFold, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate

Pioneer of computational protein design, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate

One of the three deep learning pioneers, Turing Award laureate

Father of convolutional neural networks, Turing Award laureate, Chief AI Scientist at Meta

Discoverer of artemisinin, first Chinese Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine

Inventor of induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, Nobel Prize laureate

Pioneer of mRNA vaccine technology, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate

Co-pioneer of mRNA vaccine technology, Nobel Prize laureate

Discoverer of graphene, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate

Co-discoverer of graphene, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate

Pioneer of quantum entanglement experiments, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate

Pioneer of quantum information science, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate

Experimental verifier of quantum entanglement, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate

Theorist of black hole formation, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate

Discoverer of the supermassive black hole at the Milky Way's center, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate

Black hole research pioneer, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate

Discoverer of the first exoplanet, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate

Co-discoverer of the first exoplanet, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate

Founder of gravitational wave detection theory, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate

Core designer of the LIGO gravitational wave detector, Nobel Prize laureate

Leader of the LIGO gravitational wave project, Nobel Prize laureate

Pioneer of directed evolution for enzyme engineering, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate

Pioneer of antibody phage display, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate

Inventor of phage display technology, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate

Pioneer of asymmetric organocatalysis, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate

Co-founder of organocatalysis, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate

Researched hypoxia-inducible factor mechanisms, Nobel Prize laureate

Researched cellular oxygen sensing mechanisms, Nobel Prize laureate

Discoverer of hypoxia signaling pathways, Nobel Prize laureate

Discoverer of hepatitis C virus, Nobel Prize laureate

Co-discoverer of hepatitis C virus, Nobel Prize laureate

Hepatitis C virus researcher, Nobel Prize laureate

Founder of global climate models, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate

Pioneer of climate variability modeling, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate

Theoretical physicist of complex systems, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate

Inventor of super-resolution fluorescence microscopy, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate

Co-inventor of super-resolution microscopy, Nobel laureate

Single-molecule spectroscopy and super-resolution microscopy, Nobel laureate

Father of lithium-ion battery cathode materials, Nobel Chemistry laureate (died 2023)

Pioneer of early lithium battery development, Nobel Chemistry laureate

Inventor of modern lithium-ion batteries, Nobel Chemistry laureate

Discoverer of vesicle transport mechanism in cells, Nobel laureate

Researcher of neurotransmitter release mechanism, Nobel laureate

Resolver of eukaryotic transcription mechanism, Nobel Chemistry laureate

Discoverer of HIV virus, Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine