National Medal of Science awards for Biology

National Medal of Science for Biology Awarded

National Medal of Science Awarded

About	Subject	Year	Location
May Berenbaum May Roberta Berenbaum (born 1953) is an American entomologist whose research focuses on the chemical interactions between herbivorous insects and their host-plants, and the implications of t..	Biology	2014	Illinois City Illinois United States
Bruce Alberts Bruce Michael Alberts (born 1938) is an American biochemist known for his work in science public policy and as an original author of Molecular Biology of the Cell.Alberts, noted particularly..	Biology	2014	Chicago Illinois United States
Sallie W. Chisholm Sallie W. Chisholm is a U.S. biological oceanographer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She is an expert in the ecology and evolution of ocean microbes. Sallie ..	Biology	2011	Marquette Michigan United States
Ralph Lawrence Brinster Ralph Lawrence Brinster is an American geneticist and Richard King Mellon Professor of Reproductive Physiology at the School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. He was born o..	Biology	2010	Montclair New Jersey United States
Rudolf Jaenisch Rudolf Jaenisch is a Professor of Biology at MIT and a founding member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research. He was born on 22 April 1942 in Wolfelsgrund, Germany. Rudolf Jaen..	Biology	2010	Germany Georgia United States
Susan Lindquist Susan Lindquist is a professor of biology at MIT specializing in molecular biology, particularly the protein folding problem within a family of molecules known as heat-shock proteins, and pr..	Biology	2009	Chicago Illinois United States
Stanley Benjamin Prusiner Stanley Benjamin Prusiner M.D is an American neurologist and biochemist. Stanley B. Prusiner is Director of the Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases and Professor of Neurology and Bioche..	Biology	2009	Des Moines Iowa United States
Francis Sellers Collins Francis Sellers Collins is an American physician-geneticist noted for his discoveries of disease genes and his leadership of the Human Genome Project. He is director of the National Institut..	Biology	2008	Staunton Virginia United States
Elaine Fuchs Elaine Fuchs is an American cell biologist, famous for her work on the biology and molecular mechanisms of mammalian skin and skin diseases, and has led the modernization of dermatology. She..	Biology	2008	Hinsdale Illinois United States
John Craig Venter John Craig Venter is an American biotechnologist, biochemist, geneticist, and entrepreneur. He is known for being one of the first to sequence the human genome and the first to transfect a c..	Biology	2008	Salt Lake City Utah United States