Biologist
1. Stephane Leduc (1970)
Biologist
French biologist who contributed to the understanding of the chemical and physical mechanisms of life and focused on diffusion and osmosis in synthetic biology.
2. Henry Chandler Cowles (1970)
Biologist
Remembered for his early contributions to the field of ecology, Cowles is particularly known for important research he conducted at the Indiana Dunes. Also a botanist, he penned works titled...
3. Edmund Jaeger (1970)
Biologist
An American biologist and author, he is known for his research on desert animals. He most famously published a scientific journal called The Condor, in which he detailed the life...
4. Francis O. Schmitt (1970)
Biologist
Biologist who taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and worked to develop X-ray techniques for biological purposes. He won the Albert Lasker Award in 1956 for his contributions to...
5. Albert Tyler (1906)
Biologist
New York-born biologist who studied embryonic development in marine organisms. He is especially remembered for researching the effects of messenger RNA on embryonic differentiation.
6. Eugene Odum (1970)
Biologist
University of George biologist who led breakthrough research in the still undeveloped field of ecology. He also coined the term 'ecosystem.'
7. Sol Spiegelman (1970)
Biologist
Molecular biologist who developed a method to identify RNA and DNA molecules in cells and investigated the molecular basis of cancer. He received a Lasker Award in 1974 for his...
8. Peter Wright (1916)
Biologist
English scientist and MI5 counterintelligence officer who wrote the controversial bestselling international book Spycatcher.
9. Christopher Gillette (1987)
Biologist
Wildlife Biologist, photographer and social media personality known primarily for his impressive media footage of crocodiles along the Florida Everglades posted on his gatorchris1 TikTok account. He has worked on...
10. Thomas Dale Brock (1926)
Biologist
Discovered hyperthermophiles, high-temperature bacteria that live in the Great Fountains of Yellowstone.
11. Robert R. Sokal (1970)
Biologist
Biostatistician and entomologist who co-founded the field of numerical taxonomy along with Peter H.A. Sneath. He received the Darwin Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Association of Physical Anthropologists in...
12. Dilip Mahalanabis (1970)
Biologist
A biologist and Director of International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, who helped revolutionize oral rehydration therapy. He received the Pollin Prize for pediatric research in 2002.
13. Peter Duesberg (1970)
Biologist
Molecular and cell biologist who taught at the University of Berkeley. He is best known as one of the first scientist to dismiss the widely accepted notion that HIV caused...
14. Bert Sakmann (1970)
Biologist
Known for his development of the patch clamp laboratory technique for studying cells' ion channels, this prominent physiologist was the co-recipient (with Erwin Neher) of the 1991 Nobel Prize in...
15. Michael Denton (1970)
Biologist
Known best for his scientific works Evolution: A Theory in Crisis (published in 1985) and Nature's Destiny (published in 1998), Denton also wrote articles for Nature, the Biochemical Journal, and...
16. Alexandre Quintanilha (1970)
Biologist
The former director of the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of Porto. He spent much of his career working in the biology department of the University...
17. Kenneth R Miller (1948)
Biologist
Molecular and cell biologist and author who became known for his work on chloroplast thylakoid cell membranes. He also works as a professor at Brown University, his alma mater.
18. Sally Le Page (1992)
Biologist
British biologist who is known for making educational videos relating to science under the Shed Science name which she shares through her YouTube channel for her over 80,000 subscribers. She has...
19. Raymond St. Leger (1970)
Biologist
Mycologist and entomologist who published scientific articles and books on fungal pathogens in plants and insects. He attempted to find the cure to malaria by altering insect pathogens.
