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14th Edition (2021)

Charles Fefferman

Basic Sciences

Jean-François Le Gall

Basic Sciences

Katalin Karikó

Biology and Biomedicine

Robert Langer

Biology and Biomedicine

Drew Weissman

Biology and Biomedicine

Judea Pearl

Information and Communication Technologies

Steward Pickett

Ecology and Conservation Biology

Simon Levin

Ecology and Conservation Biology

Lenore Fahrig

Ecology and Conservation Biology

Lonnie G. Thompson

Climate Change

Ellen Mosley-Thompson

Climate Change

Matthew O. Jackson

Economics, Finance and Management

Mark Granovetter

Humanities and Social Sciences

Philip Glass

Music and Opera

13th Edition (2020)

A. Paul Alivisatos

Basic Sciences

Michael Grätzel

Basic Sciences

Ardem Patapoutian

Biology and Biomedicine

David Julius

Biology and Biomedicine

John L. Hennessy

Information and Communication Technologies

David A. Patterson

Information and Communication Technologies

Sandra Díaz

Ecology and Conservation Biology

Sandra Lavorel

Ecology and Conservation Biology

Mark Westoby

Ecology and Conservation Biology

Neil Adger

Climate Change

Ian Burton

Climate Change

Karen O’Brien

Climate Change

Ben S. Bernanke

Economics, Finance and Management

Mark Gertler

Economics, Finance and Management

Nobuhiro Kiyotaki

Economics, Finance and Management

John Moore

Economics, Finance and Management

Gerald Holton

Humanities and Social Sciences

Peter Eötvös

Music and Opera

12th Edition (2019)

Peter Shor

Basic Sciences

Gilles Brassard

Basic Sciences

Charles H. Bennett

Basic Sciences

Michael N. Hall

Biology and Biomedicine

David M. Sabatini

Biology and Biomedicine

Vladimir Vapnik

Information and Communication Technologies

Bernhard Schölkopf

Information and Communication Technologies

Isabelle Guyon

Information and Communication Technologies

Daniel Pauly

Ecology and Conservation Biology

Terence Hughes

Ecology and Conservation Biology

Carlos Duarte

Ecology and Conservation Biology

Kerry A. Emanuel

Climate Change

Philippe Aghion

Economics, Finance and Management

Peter Howitt

Economics, Finance and Management

Shelley Taylor

Humanities and Social Sciences

Susan Fiske

Humanities and Social Sciences

Arvo Pärt

Music and Opera

11th Edition (2018)

Eugene Mele

Basic Sciences

Charles L. Kane

Basic Sciences

Jeffrey I. Gordon

Biology and Biomedicine

Ivan Sutherland

Information and Communication Technologies

Gretchen Cara Daily

Ecology and Conservation Biology

Georgina Mace

Ecology and Conservation Biology

John A. Church

Climate Change

Anny Cazenave

Climate Change

Jonathan Gregory

Climate Change

Claudia Goldin

Economics, Finance and Management

Noam Chomsky

Humanities and Social Sciences

John Adams

Music and Opera

10th Edition (2017)

Omar Yaghi

Basic Sciences

James Allison

Biology and Biomedicine

Adi Shamir

Information and Communication Technologies

Ronald Rivest

Information and Communication Technologies

Silvio Micali

Information and Communication Technologies

Shafi Goldwasser

Information and Communication Technologies

Peter Grant

Ecology and Conservation Biology

Rosemary Grant

Ecology and Conservation Biology

William Nordhaus

Climate Change

Robert Porter

Economics, Finance and Management

Ariel Pakes

Economics, Finance and Management

Timothy Bresnahan

Economics, Finance and Management

Kaija Saariaho

Music and Opera

Nubia Muñoz

Development Cooperation

9th Edition (2016)

Bradley Efron

Basic Sciences

David Cox

Basic Sciences

Francisco Martínez Mojica

Biology and Biomedicine

Jennifer Doudna

Biology and Biomedicine

Emmanuelle Charpentier

Biology and Biomedicine

Geoffrey Hinton

Information and Communication Technologies

Marten Scheffer

Ecology and Conservation Biology

Gene E. Likens

Ecology and Conservation Biology

James E. Hansen

Climate Change

Syukuro Manabe

Climate Change

Daron Acemoglu

Economics, Finance and Management

Sofia Gubaidulina

Music and Opera

Peter J. Myler 

Development Cooperation

Pedro L. Alonso

Development Cooperation

8th Edition (2015)

Viatcheslav Mukhanov

Basic Sciences

Stephen Hawking

Basic Sciences

Gero Miesenböck

Biology and Biomedicine

Karl Deisseroth

Biology and Biomedicine

Edward Boyden

Biology and Biomedicine

Stephen Arthur Cook

Information and Communication Technologies

Ilkka Hanski

Ecology and Conservation Biology

Veerabhadran Ramanathan

Climate Change

Robert B. Wilson

Economics, Finance and Management

Georges Aperghis

Music and Opera

Martin Ravallion

Development Cooperation

7th Edition (2014)

Stephen Buchwald

Basic Sciences

Joseph Schlessinger

Biology and Biomedicine

Charles L. Sawyers

Biology and Biomedicine

Tony Hunter

Biology and Biomedicine

Leonard Kleinrock

Information and Communication Technologies

David Tilman

Ecology and Conservation Biology

Richard Alley

Climate Change

Richard Blundell

Economics, Finance and Management

David Card

Economics, Finance and Management

György Kurtág

Music and Opera

Helen Keller International

Development Cooperation

6th Edition (2013)

Knut Urban

Basic Sciences

Harald Rose

Basic Sciences

Maximilian Haider

Basic Sciences

Adrian Bird

Biology and Biomedicine

Marvin L. Minsky

Information and Communication Technologies

Paul R. Ehrlich

Ecology and Conservation Biology

Christopher B. Field

Climate Change

Elhanan Helpman

Economics, Finance and Management

Steve Reich

Music and Opera

Pratham

Development Cooperation

5th Edition (2012)

David Mumford

Basic Sciences

Ingrid Daubechies

Basic Sciences

Jeffrey M. Friedman

Biology and Biomedicine

Douglas L. Coleman

Biology and Biomedicine

Lotfi A. Zadeh

Information and Communication Technologies

Jane Lubchenco

Ecology and Conservation Biology

Susan Solomon

Climate Change

Paul R. Milgrom

Economics, Finance and Management

Pierre Boulez

Music and Opera

DNDi: Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative

Development Cooperation

4th Edition (2011)

Didier Queloz

Basic Sciences

Michel G. E. Mayor

Basic Sciences

Alexander Varshavsky

Biology and Biomedicine

Carver A. Mead

Information and Communication Technologies

Daniel H. Janzen

Ecology and Conservation Biology

Isaac Meyer Held

Climate Change

Angus Deaton

Economics, Finance and Management

Salvatore Sciarrino

Music and Opera

Ciro de Quadros

Development Cooperation

3rd Edition (2010)

Gabor A. Somorjai

Basic Sciences

Shinya Yamanaka

Biology and Biomedicine

Donald E. Knuth

Information and Communication Technologies

Edward O. Wilson

Ecology and Conservation Biology

Nicholas Stern

Climate Change

Lars Peter Hansen

Economics, Finance and Management

Helmut Lachenmann

Music and Opera

International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)

Development Cooperation

2nd Edition (2009)

Michael E. Fisher

Basic Sciences

Richard N. Zare

Basic Sciences

Robert J. Lefkowitz

Biology and Biomedicine

Thomas Kailath

Information and Communication Technologies

Peter B. Reich

Ecology and Conservation Biology

Klaus Hasselmann

Climate Change

Hugo Sonnenschein

Economics, Finance and Management

Andreu Mas-Colell

Economics, Finance and Management

Cristóbal Halffter

Music and Opera

Development Research Institute (DRI)

Development Cooperation

1st Edition (2008)

Ignacio Cirac

Basic Sciences

Peter Zoller

Basic Sciences

Joan Massagué

Biology and Biomedicine

Jacob Ziv

Information and Communication Technologies

William F. Laurance

Ecology and Conservation Biology

Thomas E. Lovejoy

Ecology and Conservation Biology

Wallace S. Broecker

Climate Change

Jean Tirole

Economics, Finance and Management

The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)

Development Cooperation

Steven Holl

Arts

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