2010

Nobel Prize Winners

2011

2009 2011

11 laureates honored across 6 categories in the 110th Nobel Prize ceremony.

Total Laureates

Physics

2 LaureatesAll Physics

Andre Geim

Netherlands

“for groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material graphene”

Konstantin Novoselov

United Kingdom

“for groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material graphene”

Chemistry

3 LaureatesAll Chemistry

Richard F. Heck

United States

“for palladium-catalyzed cross couplings in organic synthesis”

Ei-ichi Negishi

Japan

“for palladium-catalyzed cross couplings in organic synthesis”

Akira Suzuki

Japan

“for palladium-catalyzed cross couplings in organic synthesis”

Physiology or Medicine

1 LaureateAll Physiology or Medicine

Robert G. Edwards

United Kingdom

“for the development of in vitro fertilization”

Literature

1 LaureateAll Literature

Mario Vargas Llosa

Dominican Republic

“for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat”

Peace

1 LaureateAll Peace

Liu Xiaobo

China

“for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China”

Economic Sciences

3 LaureatesAll Economic Sciences

Peter A. Diamond

United States

“for their analysis of markets with search frictions”

Dale T. Mortensen

United States

“for their analysis of markets with search frictions”

Christopher A. Pissarides

United Kingdom

“for their analysis of markets with search frictions”

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