Nobel laureates
The University of Manchester has a history of attracting world-renowned researchers and teachers. We boast no fewer than 26 Nobel Prize winners amongst our current and former staff and students.
Current academic staff include Nobel laureates Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, who were both awarded the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics for their discovery of graphene – the world's thinnest material.
| Nobel laureate | Area of research |
|---|---|
| JJ Thomson | Physics |
| Ernest Rutherford | Chemistry |
| William Lawrence Bragg | Physics |
| Niels Bohr | Physics |
| Archibald V Hill | Physiology |
| CTR Wilson | Physics |
| Arthur Harden | Chemistry |
| James Chadwick | Physics |
| Walter Norman Haworth | Chemistry |
| George de Hevesy | Chemistry |
| Robert Robinson | Chemistry |
| Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett | Physics |
| John Cockcroft | Physics |
| Alexander Todd | Chemistry |
| Melvin Calvin | Chemistry |
| Hans Albrecht Bethe | Physics |
| John Richard Hicks | Economic Sciences |
| Nevill Francis Mott | Physics |
| Arthur Lewis | Economic Sciences |
| John Charles Polanyi | Chemistry |
| Michael Smith | Chemistry |
| Joseph E Stiglitz | Economic Sciences |
| John Sulston | Physiology or Medicine |
| Andre Geim | Physics |
| Konstantin Novoselov | Physics |
| Simon Johnson | Economics |