The College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Student Council has been the proud sponsor of the Annual Nobel Laureate Lecture Series since 1976.
The 2013 Nobel Laureate Lecture has been canceled due to the federal budget sequester.
| Lecture year | Laureate Name | Lecture Title | Year | Nobel Category | Discovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Donald A. Glaser, PhD | "Automated Experiments in Evolution and Cell Biology: From Bacteria to Hamster | 1960 | Physics | "For the invention of the bubble chamber." |
| 1977 | Francis H.C. Crick, PhD | "Structure of Chromatin" | 1962 | Physiology or Medicine | "For their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material." |
| 1978 | Arthur Kornberg, PhD | "DNA Replication" | 1959 | Physiology or Medicine | "For their discovery of the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of ribonucleic acid and deoxyribonucleic acid." |
| 1979 | Richard P. Feynman, PhD | "The Theory of Strong Interactions" | 1965 | Physics | "For their fundamental work in quantum electrodynamics, with deep-ploughing consequences for the physics of elementary particles." |
| 1980 | Rosalyn Yalow, PhD | "Radioisotopes in the Service of Man" | 1977 | Physiology or Medicine | "For their discoveries concerning the peptide hormone production of the brain" and the other half to Rosalyn Yalow "for the development of radioimmunoassays of peptide hormones." |
| 1981 | Melvin Calvin, PhD | "Bio-Conversion of Solar Energy" | 1961 | Chemistry | "For his research on the carbon dioxide assimilation in plants." |
| 1982 | Roger Guillemin, PhD | "Hormones in the Brain: Hormones of the Brain" | 1977 | Physiology or Medicine | "For their discoveries concerning the peptide hormone production of the brain." |
| 1983 | Gerald M. Edelman, PhD | "Recent Excitement in Brain Science" | 1972 | Physiology or Medicine | "For their discoveries concerning the chemical structure of antibodies." |
| 1984 | Paul Berg, PhD | "The Recombinant DNA Revolution" | 1980 | Chemistry | "For his fundamental studies of the biochemistry of nucleic acids, with particular regard to recombinant-DNA." |
| 1985 | Francis H.C. Crick, PhD | "The Function of R.E.M. (Rapid Eye Movement) Sleep" | 1962 | Physiology or Medicine | "For their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material." |
| 1986 | Ilya Prigogine, PhD | "The Rediscovery of Time" | 1977 | Chemistry | "For his contributions to non-equilibrium thermodynamics, particularly the theory of dissipative structures." |
| 1987 | William Lipscomb, PhD | "Some Aesthetic Aspects of Science" | 1976 | Chemistry | "For his studies on the structure of boranes illuminating problems of chemical bonding." |
| 1988 | Baruch S. Blumberg, PhD | "The Life of a Virus" | 1976 | Physiology or Medicine | "For their discoveries concerning new mechanisms for the origin and dissemination of infectious diseases." |
| 1989 | Donald J. Cram, PhD | "Physiological and Organic Chemistry - The Mistress and the Mate" | 1987 | Chemistry | "For their development and use of molecules with structure-specific interactions of high selectivity." |
| 1990 | Linus C. Pauling, PhD | "Vitamins for the better health" | 1954 | Chemistry | "For his research into the nature of the chemical bond and its application to the elucidation of the structure of complex substances." |
| 1991 | James D. Watson, PhD | "A life in Science" | 1962 | Physiology or Medicine | "For their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material." |
| 1992 | Subramanyan Chandrasekhar, PhD | "Truth and Beauty" | 1983 | Physics | "For his theoretical studies of the physical processes of importance to the structure and evolution of the stars." |
| Sp 1993 | Arthur L. Schawlow, PhD | "Lasers in Science and Life" | 1981 | Physics | "For their contribution to the development of laser spectroscopy." |
| Fa 1993 | Rudolph A. Marcus, PhD | "Close to Reality" | 1992 | Chemistry | "For his contributions to the theory of electron transfer reactions in chemical systems." |
| 1995 | Kary B. Mullis, PhD | "Polymerase Chain Reaction" | 1993 | Chemistry | "For contributions to the developments of methods within DNA-based chemistry" and "for his invention of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method." |
| 1996 | George A. Olah, PhD | "Oil & Gas in Our Future: Challenges and Opportunities" | 1994 | Chemistry | "For his contribution to carbocation chemistry." |
| 1997 | Edward B. Lewis, PhD | "The Role of Master Control Genes in the Development of Higher Organisms" | 1995 | Physiology or Medicine | "For their discoveries concerning the genetic control of early embryonic development." |
| 1998 | Thomas R. Cech, PhD | "RNA Catalysts and the Origins of Life" | 1989 | Chemistry | "For their discovery of catalytic properties of RNA." |
| 1999 | Paul Boyer, PhD | "Some thought about a Nobel Prize" | 1997 | Chemistry | "For their elucidation of the enzymatic mechanism underlying the synthesis of adenosine triphosphate (ATP)." |
| 2000 | Douglas D. Osheroff, PhD | "So, What Does Happen at Absolute Zero" | 1996 | Physics | "For their discovery of superfluidity in helium-3." |
| 2002 | Walter Kohn, PhD | "Electronic Structure of Matter: Wave Function and Density Functionals" | 1998 | Chemistry | "For his development of the density-functional theory." |
| 2003 | Edmond H. Fischer, PhD | "How Proteins Speak With One Another in Cell Signaling" | 1992 | Physiology or Medicine | "For their discoveries concerning reversible protein phosphorylation as a biological regulatory mechanism." |
| 2005 | Alan J. Heeger, PhD | "Gene Sensors: Detection of Specified Targeted Sequences on DNA" | 2000 | Chemistry | "For the discovery and development of conductive polymers." |
| 2006 | Roger Guillemin, PhD | "The New Endocrinology of the Neutron" | 1977 | Physiology or Medicine | "For their discoveries concerning the peptide hormone production of the brain." |
| 2007 | Douglas Osheroff, PhD | "How Advances In Sciences Are Made" | 1996 | Physics | "For their discovery of superfluidity in helium-3." |
| 2008 | F. Sherwood Rowland, PhD | "Stratopheric Ozone Depletion" | 1995 | Chemistry | "For their work in atmospheric chemistry, particularly concerning the formation and decomposition of ozone." |
| 2010 | Eric Wieschaus, PhD | "Embryo Development: Does Knowning the Science Help with the Social and Ethical Issues?" | 1995 | Physiology or Medicine | "For their discoveries concerning the genetic control of early embryonic development." |
| 2011 | Mario Capecchi, PhD | "Making of a Scientist - An Unlikely Journey" | 2007 | Physiology or Medicine | "For their discoveries of pinciples for introducing specific gene modifications in mice by the use of embryonic stem cells." |
| 2012 | Martin Chalfie, PhD | 2008 | Chemistry | "For the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP." |
