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Overview: Nobel Prize

Here is a list of all Nobel laureates of the University of Freiburg in descending chronological order. Click on the links to learn more about each of the Nobel laureates.

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Harald zur Hausen
2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Harald zur Hausen (*1936) received the Nobel Prize for his discovery of the role of papillomviruses in the development of cervical cancer.
Georges Köhler
1984 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Georges Köhler (*1946 – †1995) received the Nobel Prize for his theory of the specific structure and control of the immune system and the discovery of the principle governing the production of monoclonal antibodies (with Nils Kaj Jerne and César Milstein).
Georg Wittig
1979 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Georg Wittig (*1897 – †1987) received the Nobel Prize for his discovery of boron- and phosphorus-containing compounds in important reagents in organic synthesis (with Herbert C. Brown).
Friedrich A. von Hayek
1974 Prize in Economic Science in Memory of Alfred Nobel
Friedrich August von Hayek (*1899 – †1992) received the Nobel Prize for his pioneering work in the theory of money and economic fluctuations and for his penetrating analyses of the interdependence of economic, social, and institutional phenomena (with Gunnar Myrdal).
Adolf Krebs
1953 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Hans Adolf Krebs (*1900 – †1981) received the Nobel Prize for his discovery of the citric acid cycle.
Hermann Staudinger
1953 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Hermann Staudinger (*1881 – †1965) received the Nobel Prize for his great contribution to the understanding of polymers.
Georg von Hevesy
1943 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Georg von Hevesy (*1885 – †1966) received the Nobel Prize for his work on the use of isotopes as tracers in the study of chemical processes.
Hans Spemann
1935 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Hans Spemann (*1869 – †1941) received the Nobel Prize for his discovery of the organizer effect in embryonic development.
Adolf Windaus
1928 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus (*1876 – †1959) received the Nobel Prize for his contribution to research into the structure of the sterols and their connections with the vitamins.
Heinrich O. Wieland
1927 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Heinrich Otto Wieland (*1877 – †1957) received the Nobel Prize for his research on the constitution of the bile acids and related substances.