Científicos judíos en medicina

Vacunas contra la polio y la hepatitis B, el sistema de grupos sanguíneos, la quimioterapia, la resonancia magnética y más: un directorio de científicos y médicos judíos cuyo trabajo salva vidas. Cada dato tiene fuentes.

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Aage BohrAage BohrNuclear physicist who showed with Ben Mottelson that atomic nuclei can deform and rotate; Premio Nobel de Física 1975 · 1975Aaron AaronsohnAaron AaronsohnAgronomist que descubrió wild emmer, the ancestor of cultivated wheat, and founded the first agricultural research station in the Land of Israel · 1906Aaron CiechanoverAaron CiechanoverDescubrimiento de la degradación de proteínas mediada por ubiquitina · 2004Aaron KlugAaron KlugCrystallographic Electron Microscopy · 1982Aaron T. BeckAaron T. BeckFather of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), the most-practiced psychotherapy in the world · 1960Abel WolmanAbel WolmanStandardized the chlorination of drinking water — credited with ~91 million lives saved · 1919Abraham FraenkelAbraham FraenkelCofundador de axiomatic set theory (Zermelo-Fraenkel); first dean of mathematics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem · 1891Abraham JacobiAbraham JacobiRegarded as the father of American pediatrics · 1830Abraham NitzanAbraham NitzanQuímico teórico conocido por molecular electronics and charge transfer · 1944Abraham PaisAbraham PaisFísico and historian of science; particle physics · 1918Abraham RobinsonAbraham RobinsonCreó non-standard analysis · 1918Abraham TaubAbraham TaubMecánica de fluidosAbraham ZacutoAbraham ZacutoAstrónomo and mathematician; his astronomical tables and improved astrolabe guided Portuguese and Spanish navigators including Vasco da Gama and Columbus · c. 1452 CEAbram BesicovitchAbram BesicovitchGeometric measure theory; Besicovitch covering theorem · 1891Abram IoffeAbram IoffeFísico; 'father of Soviet physics', semiconductor research · 1880Ada YonathAda YonathEstudios de la estructura y función del ribosoma · 2009Adam HellerAdam HellerElectrochemist conocido por glucose biosensors · 1933Adam PolitzerAdam PolitzerOtologist regarded as a founder of modern ear medicine. · 1835Adam RiessAdam RiessAstrofísico; descubrió the accelerating universe, Premio Nobel 2011 · 1969Adolf HurwitzAdolf HurwitzComplex analysis and number theory; Hurwitz's theorem · 1859Adolf LindenbaumAdolf LindenbaumMathematical logic; Lindenbaum's lemma · 1904Adolf Magnus-LevyAdolf Magnus-LevyMédico who pioneered the study of basal metabolism and metabolic disorders · 1865Adolf von BaeyerAdolf von BaeyerQuímico orgánico who synthesized indigo dye; Premio Nobel de Química 1905 · 1835Adolph FrankAdolph FrankIndustrial chemist conocido por the potash industry and the cyanamide process · 1834Adrian KrainerAdrian KrainerDesarrolló the first drug for spinal muscular atrophy (nusinersen); Premio Wolf in Medicine (2021) · 2021Aharon Katchalsky-KatzirAharon Katchalsky-KatzirBiofísico who pioneered the study of polyelectrolytes and non-equilibrium thermodynamics in biology. · 1914Aharon RazinAharon RazinBioquímico who helped establish the role of DNA methylation in gene control · 1935Akiva YaglomAkiva YaglomFísico conocido por turbulence theory and statistical fluid mechanics · 1921Alan BakerAlan BakerTranscendental number theory; linear forms in logarithms (Medalla Fields) · 1939Alan BernsteinAlan BernsteinBiólogo molecular and cancer/stem-cell researcher, founding head of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research · 1947Alan FershtAlan FershtQuímico who pioneered protein engineering to study enzyme catalysis and protein folding. · 1943Alan GuthAlan GuthFísico; proposed cosmic inflation · 1947Alan HeegerAlan HeegerQuímico conocido por conductive polymers; Premio Nobel de Química 2000 · 1936Albert BourlaAlbert BourlaGreek-American veterinary scientist; as chairman and CEO of Pfizer he staked the company on mRNA and delivered the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in nine months, refusing US government development… · 2020Albert EinsteinAlbert EinsteinFísico que fundó special and general relativity and explained the photoelectric effect; Premio Nobel de Física 1921 · 1905Albert LadenburgAlbert LadenburgQuímico orgánico conocido por structural studies of pyridine and benzene · 1842Albert MessiahAlbert MessiahFísico; autor de a classic Quantum Mechanics textbook · 1921Albert MichelsonAlbert MichelsonOptical precision instruments and interferometry; the Michelson–Morley experiment and decades of measurements of the speed of light; Premio Nobel de Física 1907 · 1907Albert NeisserAlbert NeisserMédico que descubrió the bacterium that causes gonorrhea. · 1855Albert NeubergerAlbert NeubergerBioquímico conocido por research on amino acid and protein metabolism · 1908Albert SabinAlbert SabinOral Polio Vaccine · 1961Albert SalamonAlbert SalamonRadiologist, early pioneer of mammographyAlbert SalomonAlbert SalomonPionero de the mammogram for early breast-cancer detection · 1913Albert SchatzAlbert SchatzMicrobiólogo who co-discovered streptomycin, the first antibiotic effective against tuberculosis. · 1920Albert SchwarzAlbert SchwarzFísica matemática; topological quantum field theory · 1934Albert StarrAlbert StarrImplanted the first successful artificial heart valve (Starr-Edwards valve) · 1926Alex LubotzkyAlex LubotzkyGroup theory and expander graphs · 1956Alex ZungerAlex ZungerFísico; computational materials science and inverse band-structure design · 1947Alexander BeilinsonAlexander BeilinsonGeometric representation theory; the Beilinson conjectures · 1957Alexander DesslerAlexander DesslerSpace physicist conocido por research on magnetospheric and space plasma physics · 1928Alexander FriedmannAlexander FriedmannFísico; the Friedmann equations describing the expanding universe · 1888Alexander GiventalAlexander GiventalSymplectic geometry and mirror symmetry · 1958Alexander GrothendieckAlexander GrothendieckReshaped algebraic geometry with scheme theory (Medalla Fields) · 1928Alexander GutmanAlexander GutmanMédico-scientist, research on uric acid metabolism and gout · 1902Alexander HollaenderAlexander HollaenderFundador de radiation biology; Fermi Award (1983) · 1983Alexander KompaneetsAlexander KompaneetsFísico; the Kompaneets equation for photon-electron scattering · 1914Alexander LevitzkiAlexander LevitzkiBioquímico who pioneered signal transduction inhibitors (tyrphostins) as cancer drugs · 1940Alexander LuriaAlexander LuriaFundador de modern neuropsychology and the study of the brain's functional organization. · 1902Alexander OstrowskiAlexander OstrowskiAnálisis matemático and number theory; Ostrowski's theorem on valuations · 1893Alexander PinesAlexander PinesQuímico físico conocido por solid-state NMR spectroscopy · 1945Alexander PolyakovAlexander PolyakovFísico teórico; major contributions to quantum field theory and string theory · 1945Alexander RudenskyAlexander RudenskyInmunólogo, research on regulatory T cells and immune tolerance · 1956Alexander S. WienerAlexander S. WienerImmunohematologist who co-discovered the Rh blood factor with Karl Landsteiner, making safe transfusion and the treatment of haemolytic disease of the newborn possible · 1907Alexander VarshavskyAlexander VarshavskyBiólogo que descubrió the ubiquitin system's N-end rule governing protein lifespan. · 1946Alexander WeinsteinAlexander WeinsteinApplied mathematics; singular partial differential equations · 1897Alexandre BesredkaAlexandre BesredkaInmunólogo who advanced the understanding of anaphylaxis and local immunity. · 1870Alexandre ChorinAlexandre ChorinComputational fluid dynamics; the projection method · 1938Alexei AbrikosovAlexei AbrikosovFísico; theory of the vortex lattice in type-II superconductors (1957), Premio Nobel de Física 2003 · 1928Alexei StarobinskyAlexei StarobinskyFísico; pionero de cosmic inflation theory · 1948Alfred BaderAlfred BaderQuímico and founder of the Aldrich Chemical Company · 1924Alfred EinhornAlfred EinhornQuímico who synthesized procaine (Novocain), the first safe injectable local anesthetic. · 1856Alfred GilmanAlfred GilmanRecibió el 1994 Premio Nobel for the discovery of G-proteins and their role in cellular signal transduction. · 1941Alfred GoldbergAlfred GoldbergBiólogo que descubrió how cells degrade proteins, laying groundwork for proteasome-targeting drugs. · 1942Alfred HaarAlfred HaarHaar measure and the Haar wavelet · 1885Alfred HessAlfred HessMédico whose nutritional research helped conquer scurvy and rickets · 1875Alfred LandéAlfred LandéFísico; the Landé g-factor in atomic spectroscopy · 1888Alfred LoewyAlfred LoewyÁlgebra; theory of linear differential equations · 1873Alfred LotkaAlfred LotkaMathematical biologist que cocreó the Lotka-Volterra equations of population dynamics. · 1880Alfred MirskyAlfred MirskyCell biologist who advanced understanding of chromatin and the cell nucleus · 1900Alfred PringsheimAlfred PringsheimAnálisis matemático; theory of infinite series and continued fractions · 1850Alfred SommerAlfred SommerEpidemiólogo who showed vitamin A prevents childhood blindness and death · 1942Alfred TauberAlfred TauberAnálisis matemático; Tauberian theorems · 1866Allen BardAllen BardElectrochemist, developer of scanning electrochemical microscopy · 1933Alvin WeinbergAlvin WeinbergFísico; nuclear reactor design and molten-salt reactors · 1915Amatus LusitanusAmatus LusitanusRenaissance physician who described the valves of the veins and advanced clinical medicine. · 1511Amedee MannheimAmedee MannheimGeometry; desarrolló the modern slide rule · 1831Amelia GreenwaldAmelia GreenwaldAmerican nurse Amelia Greenwald focused her career in public health nursing on training other nurses and creating infrastructure in war-ravaged Europe. · 1881Amnon YarivAmnon YarivFísico; optoelectronics and integrated photonics · 1930Amos de ShalitAmos de ShalitFísico; nuclear structure theory, fundador de Israeli physics · 1926Amotz ZahaviAmotz ZahaviEvolutionary biologist who proposed the handicap principle explaining costly signals in animals. · 1928Ana PaukerAna PaukerBorn to an impoverished Orthodox family in Bucharest, Ana Pauker joined the Romanian communist movement in 1915.Anatol ZhabotinskyAnatol ZhabotinskyBiofísico conocido por the Belousov-Zhabotinsky oscillating chemical reaction · 1938Anatole AbragamAnatole AbragamQuímico físico and physicist, pionero de nuclear magnetism and magnetic resonance · 1914Anatoliy VershikAnatoliy VershikRepresentation theory, dynamics, and asymptotic combinatorics · 1933André LwoffAndré LwoffRecibió el 1965 Premio Nobel for work on lysogeny and the genetic control of viruses. · 1902Andre WeilAndre WeilTeoría de números and algebraic geometry; the Weil conjectures · 1906Andrea GhezAndrea GhezAstrónomo whose measurements of stellar orbits revealed the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way; Premio Nobel de Física 2020 · 1965Andrés LagunaAndrés LagunaHumanist physician to Charles V and Pope Julius III, traductor and commentator of Dioscorides (1555) · 1555Andrew FireAndrew FirePremio Nobel in medicine (2006) for the discovery of RNA interference (gene silencing) · 2006Andrew SesslerAndrew SesslerFísico; accelerator physics and human rights advocacy · 1928Andrew StromingerAndrew StromingerFísico; string theory and black hole entropy counting · 1955Andrzej MostowskiAndrzej MostowskiMathematical logic; the Mostowski collapse · 1913Anna KaplanAnna KaplanAnna Kaplan was an American Jewish nurse who contributed significantly to developing the concept of nursing as a profession in Erez Israel at the beginning of the twentieth century.Anne WojcickiAnne WojcickiCo-founder and CEO of 23andMe (2006), which brought personal genetics to millions. · 2006Anthony EpsteinAnthony EpsteinPatólogo who co-discovered the Epstein-Barr virus, the first virus linked to human cancer. · 1921António Nunes Ribeiro SanchesAntónio Nunes Ribeiro SanchesMédico of the Enlightenment, member of the academies of St Petersburg and Paris, expelled from Russia for his Jewish origin · 1747Arieh WarshelArieh WarshelComputational chemist who, with Michael Levitt, published the first computer model of an enzymatic reaction (the QM/MM approach); Premio Nobel de Química 2013 · 2013Arno PenziasArno PenziasRadio astronomer, a child refugee of the Kindertransport, who with Robert Wilson discovered the cosmic microwave background, the afterglow of the Big Bang; Premio Nobel de Física 1978 · 1933Arnold LevineArnold LevineBiólogo molecular que descubrió the p53 tumor-suppressor protein, central to cancer biology. · 1939Arnold PickArnold PickNeurólogo and psychiatrist who first described the dementia now called Pick's disease. · 1851Arnold RichArnold RichPatólogo conocido por research on tuberculosis and hypersensitivity · 1893Arnold SiegertArnold SiegertFísico (theoretical physics)Arpad NadaiArpad NadaiPionero de plasticity theory; Timoshenko Medal (1958) · 1883Arthur AshkinArthur AshkinFísico at Bell Labs que inventó optical tweezers and applied them to living cells; Premio Nobel de Física 2018 · 1922Arthur BersonArthur BersonMeteorólogo and pioneer of high-altitude balloon research into the upper atmosphere · 1859Arthur EichengrunArthur EichengrunQuímico who played a central role in the development of aspirin. · 1867Arthur HorwichArthur HorwichBiólogo que descubrió chaperonins, the cellular machines that fold proteins. · 1951Arthur JaffeArthur JaffeConstructive quantum field theory · 1937Arthur KornArthur KornMecánica de medios continuosArthur KornbergArthur KornbergDNA Synthesis · 1959Arthur RobertsArthur RobertsBiomedical researcherArthur RosenfeldArthur Rosenfeld'Godfather of energy efficiency'; Fermi Award (2005) · 2005Arthur SchawlowArthur SchawlowFísico who with Charles Townes laid the theoretical foundations of the laser and then developed high-precision laser spectroscopy; Premio Nobel de Física 1981 · 1921Arthur SchonfliesArthur SchonfliesCrystallographic groups and topology; the Schonflies problem · 1853Arthur SchusterArthur SchusterFísico conocido por periodogram analysis and work on terrestrial magnetism and radiative transfer · 1851Aryeh DvoretzkyAryeh DvoretzkyAnálisis funcional; Dvoretzky's theorem on convex bodies · 1916Asher PeresAsher PeresFísico; pionero de quantum information and teleportation · 1934August von WassermannAugust von WassermannBacteriologist who devised the Wassermann test, the first diagnostic blood test for syphilis. · 1866Aurel WintnerAurel WintnerAnálisis matemático, probability, and celestial mechanics · 1903Avi LoebAvi LoebAstrofísico; black holes, the early universe and the search for extraterrestrial life · 1962Aviv RegevAviv RegevComputational biologist and a founder of the Human Cell Atlas using single-cell genomics. · 1971Avram GoldsteinAvram GoldsteinFarmacólogo who helped discover the brain's endorphins and opiate receptors. · 1919Avram HershkoAvram HershkoDescubrimiento de la degradación de proteínas mediada por ubiquitina · 2004Axel KahnAxel KahnProminent French geneticist and bioethicist; president of the French League Against Cancer. Jewish paternal ancestry. · 1990Barnett RosenbergBarnett RosenbergQuímico que descubrió cisplatin, a mainstay of cancer chemotherapy. · 1926Barry BarishBarry BarishFísico; leadership of LIGO detection of gravitational waves, Premio Nobel 2017 · 1936Barry BloomBarry BloomInmunólogo and public health leader in tuberculosis and vaccine research · 1937Barry CommonerBarry CommonerBiólogo and a founding figure of the modern environmental movement. · 1917Barry MazurBarry MazurTeoría de números and arithmetic geometry; foundational to Fermat's proof · 1937Barry SaltzmanBarry SaltzmanClimate scientist conocido por dynamical modeling of climate and the ice ages · 1931Barry SimonBarry SimonFísica matemática; Schrodinger operators · 1946Barry TrostBarry TrostQuímico orgánico conocido por atom economy and the Tsuji–Trost reaction · 1941Baruch BlumbergBaruch BlumbergVirus y vacuna de la hepatitis B · 1976Baruj BenacerrafBaruj BenacerrafDescubrió the immune response (Ir) genes of the major histocompatibility complex that control the strength of immune reactions; Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina 1980; president of the… · 1920Basil HirschowitzBasil HirschowitzGastroenterologist que inventó the fiberoptic endoscope. · 1925Beatrice MintzBeatrice MintzDevelopmental geneticist who pioneered techniques for creating chimeric and transgenic mice. · 1921Bela SchickBela SchickPediatrician who devised the Schick test to detect susceptibility to diphtheria. · 1877Ben MottelsonBen MottelsonPremio Nobel in physics (1975) for nuclear structure; Atoms for Peace Award (1969) · 1975Benedict GrossBenedict GrossTeoría de números; the Gross-Zagier theorem · 1950Benedict StillingBenedict StillingNeuroanatomist who pioneered serial sectioning of the spinal cord and coined 'neuroglia' · 1810Beniamino SegreBeniamino SegreGeometría algebraica and combinatorial geometry · 1903Benjamin GompertzBenjamin GompertzActuarial mathematics; the Gompertz law of mortality · 1779Benjamin LaxBenjamin LaxFísico; magneto-optics and semiconductor physics · 1915Benjamin RubinBenjamin RubinMicrobiólogo que inventó the bifurcated needle used to eradicate smallpox · 1917Benjamin SanterBenjamin SanterClimate scientist who identified the human fingerprint on global warming; Rossby Medal (2024) · 1955Benno StraussBenno StraussMetallurgist who co-developed stainless steel · 1873Beno EckmannBeno EckmannTopología algebraica; Eckmann-Hilton duality · 1917Beno GutenbergBeno GutenbergSeismologist who co-developed the Richter magnitude scale and determined the depth of Earth's core · 1889Benoit MandelbrotBenoit MandelbrotMatemático que fundó fractal geometry, widely applied to natural and Earth science patterns · 1924Beppo LeviBeppo LeviReal analysis; the Beppo Levi monotone convergence theorem · 1875Bernard BrodieBernard BrodieFarmacólogo widely regarded as the father of modern drug metabolism research. · 1907Bernard FantusBernard FantusMédico who established the first hospital blood bank. · 1874Bernard FisherBernard FisherCirujano who transformed breast cancer treatment by showing that less-radical surgery is equally effective. · 1918Bernard HoreckerBernard HoreckerBioquímico who helped elucidate the pentose phosphate pathway · 1914Bernard KatzBernard KatzShowed that acetylcholine is released at the nerve-muscle junction in packets of fixed size (quanta); Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina 1970 · 1970Bernard KouchnerBernard KouchnerMédico francés que cofundó Médecins Sans Frontières (Premio Nobel de la Paz 1999); Jewish father · 1971Bernard LownBernard LownCo-inventor of the defibrillator; cofundó IPPNW (Premio Nobel de la Paz 1985) · 1980Bernard PullmanBernard PullmanQuantum chemist conocido por quantum studies of biological molecules · 1919Bernard SachsBernard SachsNeurólogo who co-described Tay-Sachs disease, a fatal inherited neurological disorder. · 1858Bernd MatthiasBernd MatthiasFísico; descubrió many superconducting and ferroelectric materials · 1918Bernhard HaurwitzBernhard HaurwitzMeteorólogo que desarrolló the theory of atmospheric planetary (Rossby) waves · 1905Bernhard ZondekBernhard ZondekGynecologist who co-developed the Aschheim-Zondek pregnancy test. · 1891Berni AlderBerni AlderQuímico físico, pionero de molecular dynamics computer simulation · 1925Bert VogelsteinBert VogelsteinCancer geneticist who mapped the genetic mutations driving colorectal cancer progression. · 1949Bertram KostantBertram KostantRepresentation theory and Lie group theory · 1928Bertrand GoldschmidtBertrand GoldschmidtQuímico francés of plutonium separation; cofundador de the CEA; Atoms for Peace Award (1967) · 1967Bertrand HalperinBertrand HalperinFísico; condensed matter theory and the quantum Hall effect · 1941Bonnie BasslerBonnie BasslerMicrobiólogo who elucidated quorum sensing, the chemical communication between bacteria. · 1962Bonnie BergerBonnie BergerMatemático, computational biology and algorithmsBoris EphrussiBoris EphrussiGenetista who pioneered the study of cytoplasmic (non-chromosomal) inheritance and somatic cell genetics. · 1901Boris GalerkinBoris GalerkinThe Galerkin method for solving differential equations · 1871Boris LevitanBoris LevitanInverse spectral theory and almost periodic functions · 1914Boris PodolskyBoris PodolskyFísico; co-author of the EPR paradox in quantum mechanics · 1896Boris VolynovBoris VolynovSoviet cosmonaut, the first person of Jewish descent to fly in space (Soyuz 5) · 1969Bradley EfronBradley EfronEstadística; inventó the bootstrap resampling method · 1938Branko GrunbaumBranko GrunbaumDiscrete and combinatorial geometry; polytopes and tilings · 1929Bret WeinsteinBret WeinsteinEvolutionary biologist and DarkHorse Podcast host; the Evergreen 2017 affair made him a national figure of the campus-speech debate. · 2017Brian DrukerBrian DrukerOncólogo que desarrolló imatinib (Gleevec), a breakthrough targeted therapy for leukemia. · 1955Brian GreeneBrian GreeneFísico; string theory research and popular science communication · 1963Brian JosephsonBrian JosephsonFísico who, as a 22-year-old research student in Cambridge, predicted the Josephson effect, the tunnelling of a supercurrent between two superconductors; Premio Nobel de Física 1973 · 1940Bruce AlbertsBruce AlbertsBioquímico, lead author of the textbook Molecular Biology of the Cell and former president of the US National Academy of Sciences. · 1938Bruce AmesBruce AmesBioquímico who devised the Ames test, a widely used assay for detecting chemical mutagens and carcinogens. · 1928Bruce BerneBruce BerneQuímico teórico conocido por molecular dynamics and statistical mechanics · 1940Bruce BeutlerBruce BeutlerFound that Toll-like receptor 4 is the sensor of bacterial lipopolysaccharide that switches on innate immunity; Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina 2011 · 1957Bruno PontecorvoBruno PontecorvoFísico; theory of neutrino oscillations · 1913Bruno RossiBruno RossiFísico; cosmic-ray physics and founding of X-ray astronomy · 1905Bruno TouschekBruno TouschekFísico; construyó the first electron-positron collider (AdA) · 1921Bryce DeWittBryce DeWittFísico; canonical quantum gravity and the Wheeler-DeWitt equation · 1923Burrill CrohnBurrill CrohnGastroenterologist who first described the inflammatory bowel disorder now called Crohn's disease. · 1884Burton RichterBurton RichterFísico; descubrió the J/psi particle (charm quark), Premio Nobel 1976 · 1931C. Ronald KahnC. Ronald KahnEndocrinologist who elucidated insulin signaling and its role in diabetes · 1944Carl BendaCarl BendaCytologist que descubrió and named the mitochondria. · 1857Carl BenderCarl BenderMathematical physicist; asymptotic methods and PT-symmetric quantum mechanics · 1943Carl BorchardtCarl BorchardtAnálisis matemático and the arithmetic-geometric mean · 1817Carl DjerassiCarl DjerassiQuímico who first synthesized an orally active progestin, making the contraceptive pill possible. · 1923Carl JacobiCarl JacobiMatemático; foundational work in elliptic functions, dynamics and the Jacobian determinant · 1804Carl KollerCarl KollerOphthalmologist who introduced local anesthesia by using cocaine in eye surgery. · 1857Carl LiebermannCarl LiebermannQuímico orgánico who helped synthesize the dye alizarin · 1842Carl NeubergCarl NeubergBioquímico often called the father of modern biochemistry for his work on fermentation. · 1877Carl SaganCarl SaganAstrónomo; planetary science and renowned science communicator · 1934Carl WeigertCarl WeigertPatólogo que desarrolló key tissue-staining methods, including stains for bacteria and myelin. · 1845Carla ShatzCarla ShatzNeurocientífico who showed how neural activity shapes brain wiring during development. · 1947Carlo Di CastroCarlo Di CastroFísico; renormalization group in condensed matter theory · 1937Carlos KenigCarlos KenigHarmonic analysis and nonlinear dispersive PDEs · 1953Carol HallCarol HallChemical engineer conocido por biomolecular and polymer modeling · 1946Casimir FunkCasimir FunkCoined the term 'vitamine' and advanced vitamin-deficiency theory · 1912César MilsteinCésar MilsteinRecibió el 1984 Premio Nobel for developing the technique to produce monoclonal antibodies. · 1927Cesare LombrosoCesare LombrosoMédico and a founder of modern criminology and forensic psychiatry. · 1835Chad MirkinChad MirkinQuímico conocido por nanotechnology and spherical nucleic acids · 1963Chaim PekerisChaim PekerisGeophysicist conocido por work on seismology and the free oscillations of the Earth · 1908Chaim WeizmannChaim WeizmannAcetone-Butanol-Ethanol Fermentation · 1916Chaim Zelig SlonimskiChaim Zelig SlonimskiPionero de science in Hebrew, inventor of a calculating machine and founder of Ha-Tsefirah · 1862Charles FeffermanCharles FeffermanHarmonic analysis and PDEs (Medalla Fields) · 1949Charles KelmanCharles KelmanInventó phacoemulsification, transforming cataract surgery · 1930Charles LieberCharles LieberQuímico conocido por nanowires and nanoscale materials · 1959Charles LoewnerCharles LoewnerComplex analysis; the Loewner differential equation · 1893Charles NewmanCharles NewmanTeoría de la probabilidad and mathematical statistical physics · 1946Charles WeissmannCharles WeissmannBiólogo molecular who cloned interferon and advanced prion research. · 1931Charlotte AuerbachCharlotte AuerbachGenetista que descubrió chemical mutagenesis, showing that chemicals can cause genetic mutations. · 1899Charlotte FriendCharlotte FriendMicrobiólogo who advanced viral oncology through her discovery of the Friend leukemia virus. · 1921Charlotte WolffCharlotte WolffA pioneering German-Jewish lesbian and feminist physician, Charlotte Wolff became interested in sexology, psychotherapy, and chirology while working as a physician in Berlin’s working-class…Christian AnfinsenChristian AnfinsenShowed with ribonuclease that a protein's amino-acid sequence alone determines its folded, active shape; Premio Nobel de Química 1972 · 1972Claire FaginClaire FaginClaire Fagin was a distinguished nursing educator, scholar, and dean, as well as the first woman interim president of the University of Pennsylvania and the first female to achieve this position in… · 1926Clara ImmerwahrClara ImmerwahrFirst woman to earn a doctorate in chemistry at the University of Breslau; opposed the use of poison gas in war · 1900Claribel ConeClaribel ConeClaribel Cone was well known in her time for being a dignified and highly independent woman with two passions: medical research and collecting art and artifacts. · 1864Claude Cohen-TannoudjiClaude Cohen-TannoudjiFísico; methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light, Premio Nobel de Física 1997; co-author of the textbook Quantum Mechanics · 1997Claude ItzyksonClaude ItzyksonFísico; quantum field theory (co-author of a standard textbook) · 1938Clifford TabinClifford TabinDevelopmental geneticist who elucidated the genetic control of limb formation · 1954Clifford TaubesClifford TaubesGauge theory and differential geometry · 1954Corrado SegreCorrado SegreFundador de the Italian school of algebraic geometry · 1863Daan FrenkelDaan FrenkelComputational chemist conocido por molecular simulation of soft matter · 1948Dan ShechtmanDan ShechtmanCuasicristales · 2011Daniel ArnonDaniel ArnonPlant physiologist who elucidated photophosphorylation, the mechanism by which plants convert light into chemical energy. · 1910Daniel ChamovitzDaniel ChamovitzPlant geneticist que descubrió the COP9 signalosome, autor de 'What a Plant Knows' (2012), seventh president of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (2019) · 2019Daniel CohenDaniel CohenGenetista who led production of the first physical map of the human genome (Genethon/CEPH) · 1951Daniel DruckerDaniel DruckerEndocrinologist whose GLP-1 research underlies modern diabetes and obesity drugs. · 1956Daniel GoldstonDaniel GoldstonNumber theorist of small gaps between primes; Cole Prize (2014) · 2014Daniel GorensteinDaniel GorensteinDirigió the classification of finite simple groups · 1923Daniel KanDaniel KanHomotopy theory; simplicial sets and Kan complexes · 1927Daniel KaneDaniel KaneComplexity theorist and mathematician; Premio Gödel laureate (2026) · 2026Daniel KleppnerDaniel KleppnerFísico; atomic clocks and Rydberg atoms · 1932Daniel MattisDaniel MattisFísico; magnetism and exactly solvable many-body models · 1932Daniel MaziaDaniel MaziaCell biologist conocido por foundational research on cell division (mitosis) · 1912Daniel NathansDaniel NathansUsed restriction enzymes to cut the DNA of the tumour virus SV40 into defined fragments and map it, founding a basic method of molecular biology; Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina 1978 · 1928Daniel RothmanDaniel RothmanGeophysicist conocido por mathematical modeling of Earth's carbon cycle and mass extinctions · 1957Daniel StroockDaniel StroockProbability; the Stroock-Varadhan martingale problem · 1940Daniel WiseDaniel WiseGeometric group theory; special cube complexes · 1971David AtlasDavid AtlasMeteorólogo que inventó and developed weather radar and Doppler weather radar · 1924David BakerDavid BakerBioquímico que creó the Rosetta software and designed Top7, the first protein with a structure unknown in nature; Premio Nobel de Química 2024 for computational protein design · 1962David BaltimoreDavid BaltimoreDescubrió reverse transcriptase (1970), the enzyme retroviruses such as HIV use to copy RNA into DNA; Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina 1975; president of Caltech 1997–2006 · 1975David BodianDavid BodianNeuroanatomist whose research on poliovirus was essential to the development of the polio vaccine. · 1910David BotsteinDavid BotsteinGenetista who pioneered the use of DNA markers to map the human genome. · 1942David ChandlerDavid ChandlerQuímico teórico conocido por statistical mechanics of liquids · 1944David DeutschDavid DeutschFísico; pionero de quantum computation and the universal quantum computer · 1953David FinkelsteinDavid FinkelsteinFísico; understanding of the black hole event horizon · 1929David Frank-KamenetskyDavid Frank-KamenetskyFísico; combustion theory and astrophysics · 1910David GaleDavid GaleTeoría de juegos and mathematical economics; Gale-Shapley algorithm · 1921David GrossDavid GrossFísico; descubrió asymptotic freedom in QCD, Premio Nobel 2004 · 1941David HarbaterDavid HarbaterGeometría algebraica; the inverse Galois problem · 1952David JuliusDavid JuliusRecibió el 2021 Premio Nobel in Medicine for discovering receptors for temperature and touch · 1955David KazhdanDavid KazhdanRepresentation theory; Kazhdan's property (T) · 1946David KeilinDavid KeilinBiólogo que descubrió the cytochromes and their role in cellular respiration. · 1887David KlenermanDavid KlenermanQuímico who co-invented next-generation DNA sequencing (the technology behind Illumina/Solexa). · 1959David LeeDavid LeeFísico; with Douglas Osheroff and Robert Richardson discovered superfluidity in helium-3 at Cornell in 1972, Premio Nobel de Física 1996 · 1931David LesterDavid LesterBiomedical researcherDavid LipmanDavid LipmanBioinformatics pioneer, co-developer of BLAST and longtime director of NCBI · 1956David MilsteinDavid MilsteinQuímico conocido por catalysis and metal-ligand bond activation · 1947David NathanDavid NathanPionero de pediatric hematology; Medalla Nacional de Ciencia (1990) · 1990David RittenbergDavid RittenbergBioquímico who pioneered the use of isotopic tracers to study metabolism · 1906David SchoenbergDavid SchoenbergFísico; the de Haas-van Alphen effect and superconductivity · 1911David SpergelDavid SpergelAstrofísico; análisis matemático of the cosmic microwave background (WMAP) · 1961David StolerDavid StolerFísico (quantum optics, squeezed states)David WolfDavid WolfNASA astronaut and physician who lived aboard the Mir space station and performed multiple spacewalks · 1997David YudinDavid YudinOptimization; the ellipsoid method · 1919Deborah DoniachDeborah DoniachInmunólogo who helped establish the concept of organ-specific autoimmune disease. · 1912Denes KonigDenes KonigEscribió the first textbook on graph theory; Konig's theorem · 1884Dennis GaitsgoryDennis GaitsgoryProof of the geometric Langlands conjecture · 1973Dennis KasperDennis KasperMicrobiólogo and immunologist, research on bacterial polysaccharides and vaccines · 1943Dennis SciamaDennis SciamaCosmologist; mentor of a generation of relativists and cosmologists · 1926Don ZagierDon ZagierTeoría de números; modular forms and the Gross-Zagier theorem · 1951Donald BrownDonald BrownDevelopmental biologist who pioneered the isolation and study of individual genes · 1931Donald GlaserDonald GlaserFísico; inventó the bubble chamber (1952), Premio Nobel de Física 1960; later a pioneer of biotechnology (Cetus) and of vision neuroscience · 1926Donald OrnsteinDonald OrnsteinErgodic theory; the Ornstein isomorphism theorem · 1934Dorian GoldfeldDorian GoldfeldTeoría de números; the class number problem · 1947Doron ZeilbergerDoron ZeilbergerCombinatoria; computerized proof of hypergeometric identities · 1950Douglas OsheroffDouglas OsheroffFísico; as a Cornell graduate student co-discovered superfluidity in helium-3 in 1972, Premio Nobel de Física 1996 · 1945Drew WeissmanDrew WeissmanMédico and immunologist who with Katalin Karikó found the nucleoside base modifications that made mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 possible; Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina 2023 · 2023Edith BülbringEdith BülbringGerman-born scientist Edith Bülbring was renowned for her work in smooth muscle physiology, which paved the way for contemporary cellular investigations. · 1903Edmond FischerEdmond FischerRecibió el 1992 Premio Nobel for discovering reversible protein phosphorylation as a biological regulatory mechanism. · 1920Edmund KleinEdmund KleinDermatologist, pionero de topical cancer immunotherapy · 1922Edmund LandauEdmund LandauAnalytic number theory; popularized big-O notation · 1877Édouard BrézinÉdouard BrézinFrench theorist of critical phenomena; Dirac Medal (2011) · 2011Eduard DonathEduard DonathQuímico conocido por technical and applied chemistry · 1848Eduard HeineEduard HeineAnálisis matemático; the Heine-Borel theorem · 1821Eduard SuessEduard SuessGeólogo que fundó modern tectonics and hypothesized the supercontinent Gondwanaland · 1831Edward GinztonEdward GinztonFísico; microwave technology and medical linear accelerators · 1915Edward KasnerEdward KasnerGeometría diferencial; coined the term 'googol' · 1878Edward OttEdward OttChaos theorist and co-inventor of chaos control; Richardson Medal (2017) · 1941Edward Szpilrajn-MarczewskiEdward Szpilrajn-MarczewskiMeasure theory and dimension theory · 1907Edward TellerEdward TellerHydrogen Bomb · 1952Edward WittenEdward WittenFísica matemática and string theory; only physicist to win the Medalla Fields · 1951Edward ZipserEdward ZipserMeteorólogo conocido por research on tropical convection and mesoscale weather systems · 1939Edwin CohnEdwin CohnDevised the cold ethanol fractionation of blood plasma at Harvard, yielding albumin, gamma globulin, fibrinogen and thrombin; the Cohn process is still the basis of the plasma industry · 1940Edwin Kessler IIIEdwin Kessler IIIMeteorólogo conocido por radar meteorology and the study of severe storms · 1928Edwin SalpeterEdwin SalpeterAstrofísico; stellar nucleosynthesis and the Salpeter mass function · 1924Edwin SpanierEdwin SpanierTopología algebraica; autor de a standard textbook · 1921Efim FradkinEfim FradkinFísico teórico; quantum field theory and quantum gravity · 1924Efim ZelmanovEfim ZelmanovGroup theory; solved the restricted Burnside problem (Medalla Fields) · 1955Efraim RackerEfraim RackerBioquímico who reconstituted and elucidated the enzyme that synthesizes ATP. · 1913Egon OrowanEgon OrowanFísico who helped develop the theory of crystal dislocations and applied it to plate tectonics · 1902Ehud HrushovskiEhud HrushovskiModel theory and its applications to algebra · 1959Eitan TadmorEitan TadmorIsraeli-American pioneer of numerical methods for conservation laws; Wiener Prize (2022) · 2022Elaine OranElaine OranPionero de computational combustion; APS Fluid Dynamics Prize (2013) · 1946Elena Gal'pernElena Gal'pernQuímico who theoretically predicted the structure of the C60 fullerene · 1930Elga Ruth WassermanElga Ruth WassermanQuímico Elga Wasserman – a recipient of a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from Harvard in 1949 and a J.D. from Yale in 1976 – is best conocido por overseeing the entrance of the first coeducational class… · 1924Eli YablonovitchEli YablonovitchFísico; fundador de the field of photonic crystals · 1946Elias SteinElias SteinHarmonic analysis; singular integrals and oscillatory integrals · 1931Elie MetchnikoffElie MetchnikoffDescubrió phagocytosis and cellular immunity; Nobel 1908 (NOT the inventor of yogurt; he popularized the probiotic/lactic-acid longevity theory) · 1908Elijah MontaltoElijah MontaltoMédico to the French court of Marie de Medici and medical author · c. 1600Elisabeth GoldschmidtElisabeth GoldschmidtElisabeth Goldschmidt was the founder of genetic studies as a research and teaching discipline at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. · 1912Elizabeth NeufeldElizabeth NeufeldBioquímico who elucidated the cellular basis of lysosomal storage diseases. · 1928Ellen Shulman BakerEllen Shulman BakerMédico and NASA astronaut, mission specialist on three Space Shuttle flights · 1989Elliot MontrollElliot MontrollFísico; statistical mechanics and random walks · 1916Elliott LiebElliott LiebFísica matemática; stability of matter · 1932Elon LindenstraussElon LindenstraussErgodic theory and number theory (Medalla Fields) · 1970Elsa NeumannElsa NeumannElsa Neumann was the first woman to receive a doctoral degree from the University of Berlin. · 1872Elvin KabatElvin KabatImmunochemist who was a founder of quantitative immunochemistry and antibody structure. · 1914Emil WarburgEmil WarburgFísico; magnetism and gas kinetics (the magnetocaloric Warburg effect) · 1846Emil WolfEmil WolfFísico; optical coherence theory (co-author of 'Principles of Optics') · 1922Emilio SegrèEmilio SegrèFísico; descubrió the antiproton, Premio Nobel 1959 · 1905Emily CarterEmily CarterQuímico teórico conocido por quantum chemistry and materials modeling · 1960Emmy Klieneberger-NobelEmmy Klieneberger-NobelMicrobiólogo que descubrió the L-forms of bacteria and pioneered mycoplasma research. · 1892Emmy NoetherEmmy NoetherFundadora del álgebra abstracta moderna; Noether's theorem · 1882Ephraim Katchalski-KatzirEphraim Katchalski-KatzirBiofísico and pioneer of protein research who served as the fourth President of Israel. · 1916Eric KandelEric KandelShowed in the sea snail Aplysia how learning changes synapses and how short- and long-term memories are stored; Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina 2000 · 2000Eric LanderEric LanderGenetista who was a principal leader of the Human Genome Project. · 1957Eric ReissnerEric ReissnerAutor de the Reissner plate theory used across structural engineering; Timoshenko Medal (1973) · 1913Erika LandauErika LandauErika Landau (1931-2013) was a psychotherapist and educator conocido por her interest in giftedness and creativity. · 1931Ernest BeutlerErnest BeutlerHematologist and geneticist who advanced the treatment of inherited blood and metabolic diseases. · 1928Ernest CourantErnest CourantCoinventó strong focusing, the basis of modern particle accelerators; Fermi Award (1986); son of Richard Courant · 1986Ernst BergmannErnst BergmannQuímico orgánico and founding figure of Israeli science · 1903Ernst Boris ChainErnst Boris ChainBioquímico who, with Howard Florey at Oxford, isolated penicillin and demonstrated its curative action; Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina 1945 · 1906Ernst GräfenbergErnst GräfenbergGynaecologist who devised the first practical intrauterine device, the Gräfenberg ring · 1929Ernst HellingerErnst HellingerAnálisis funcional; the Hellinger integral · 1883Ernst PickErnst PickInmunólogo and pharmacologist conocido por research on immunity and drug action · 1872Ernst SteinitzErnst SteinitzÁlgebra; foundational theory of abstract fields · 1871Ernst WynderErnst WynderEpidemiólogo whose research helped establish the link between smoking and lung cancer. · 1922Erwin ChargaffErwin ChargaffBioquímico who formulated Chargaff's rules of DNA base composition, a key step toward the double-helix model. · 1905Erwin HahnErwin HahnFísico que descubrió the spin echo in nuclear magnetic resonance · 1921Esther ConwellEsther ConwellFísico of electron transport in semiconductors and DNA; Medalla Nacional de Ciencia (2009) · 2009Esther LederbergEsther LederbergMicrobiólogo que descubrió the lambda phage and developed replica plating. · 1922Eugen BambergerEugen BambergerQuímico orgánico conocido por the Bamberger rearrangement · 1857Eugene BraunwaldEugene BraunwaldCardiólogo regarded as one of the most influential figures in modern cardiovascular medicine. · 1929Eugene DynkinEugene DynkinLie algebras and probability; Dynkin diagrams · 1924Eugene GuthEugene GuthCofundador de the statistical theory of rubber elasticity; Bingham Medal (1965) · 1905Eugene WignerEugene WignerMathematical physicist; brought group theory and symmetry principles into quantum mechanics, theory of the nuclear force; Premio Nobel de Física 1963 · 1902Eugenio CalabiEugenio CalabiGeometría diferencial; Calabi-Yau manifolds · 1923Eugenio Elia LeviEugenio Elia LeviLie algebras; the Levi decomposition · 1883Eve MarderEve MarderNeurocientífico of neural circuit stability; Medalla Nacional de Ciencia (2023) · 2023Evelyn WitkinEvelyn WitkinGenetista que descubrió the bacterial SOS response and advanced the study of DNA repair. · 1921Evgeny LifshitzEvgeny LifshitzFísico; co-author of the Landau-Lifshitz Course of Theoretical Physics · 1915Ezekiel EmanuelEzekiel EmanuelOncólogo and bioethicist; arquitecto of health policy who advised U.S. presidents (Affordable Care Act) · 2010Fay Ajzenberg-SeloveFay Ajzenberg-SeloveNuclear physicist and definitive authority on light-nuclei energy levels; Medalla Nacional de Ciencia (2007) · 2007Federigo EnriquesFederigo EnriquesGeometría algebraica; classification of algebraic surfaces · 1871Felix AuerbachFelix AuerbachMecánica de medios continuosFelix BerezinFelix BerezinMathematical physicist; fundador de supermathematics and Berezin integration · 1931Felix BernsteinFelix BernsteinTeoría de conjuntos; the Cantor-Bernstein theorem · 1878Felix BlochFelix BlochQuantum theory of electrons in crystals and nuclear magnetic induction (NMR); Premio Nobel de Física 1952; first Director-General of CERN · 1905Felix BrowderFelix BrowderNonlinear functional analysis; monotone operator theory · 1927Felix DeutschFelix DeutschMédico who advanced psychosomatic medicine · 1884Felix FranklFelix FranklMatemático, partial differential equations and transonic aerodynamics · 1905Felix HausdorffFelix HausdorffFundador de modern topology; Hausdorff spaces and dimension · 1868Felix PollaczekFelix PollaczekQueueing theory; the Pollaczek-Khinchine formula · 1892Ferdinand CohnFerdinand CohnBotánico regarded as a founder of modern bacteriology. · 1828Frances Rosenthal KallisonFrances Rosenthal KallisonFrances Elaine Rosenthal Kallison was a horsewoman and historian, a cofounder of the Texas Jewish Historical Society, and the only Jewish woman in the National Museum and Cowgirl Hall of Fame. · 1908Francis LowFrancis LowFísico; quantum field theory and the Low energy theorem · 1921Francis SimonFrancis SimonFísico; low-temperature physics and the third law of thermodynamics · 1893François EnglertFrançois EnglertTheory of the mechanism giving elementary particles mass (Higgs mechanism) · 2013François GrosFrançois GrosBiólogo molecular who co-discovered messenger RNA. · 1925François JacobFrançois JacobRecibió el 1965 Premio Nobel for discovering the operon model of gene regulation. · 1920Frank ColtonFrank ColtonQuímico who synthesized the progestin used in the first oral contraceptive pill. · 1923Frank HararyFrank HararyA founder of modern graph theory · 1921Frank NabarroFrank NabarroFísico; theory of dislocations and crystal plasticity · 1916Frank OppenheimerFrank OppenheimerManhattan Project physicist, blacklisted under McCarthyism, que fundó the Exploratorium in San Francisco — the museum that taught the world to touch science. · 1969Frank PressFrank PressGeophysicist and seismologist who served as US presidential science advisor · 1924Frank SpitzerFrank SpitzerTeoría de la probabilidad; random walks and interacting particle systems · 1926Frank WestheimerFrank WestheimerQuímico conocido por physical organic and bioorganic chemistry · 1912Frank WilczekFrank WilczekFísico teórico que descubrió asymptotic freedom with David Gross and named the axion and anyons; Premio Nobel de Física 2004 · 2004Franz SondheimerFranz SondheimerQuímico orgánico conocido por the synthesis of annulenes and natural products · 1926Frederic RieszFrederic RieszMatemático