Kavli Prize Recipients

Astrophysics

• †Maarten Schmidt, 2008
• James Roger Prior Angel (MS '66), 2010
• Jerry E. Nelson (BS '65), 2010
• *Michael E. Brown, 2012
• David C. Jewitt (MS '80, PhD '83), 2012
• *Kip Thorne (BS '62), 2016
• †Ronald W. P. Drever, 2016
• Roger Ulrich (Postdoc '69), 2022

Nanoscience

• George M. Whitesides (PhD '64), 2022

Neuroscience

• Richard Scheller (PhD '80), 2010
• Ardem Patapoutian (PhD '96), 2020
• Doris Tsao (BS '96), 2024

This award list is inclusive of Caltech faculty, alumni, trustees, and current and former postdocs.

* in residence
† deceased

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