Nobel Prize is awarded to a person or an organisation known as Nobel Laureate who is awarded for their outstanding contributions in any of the categories including peace, literature, chemistry, physics, physiology or economic sciences and medicine. Let us find out the list of Noble Prize Laureates who received Nobel Prize in the year 2016.
Nobel Prizes and Laureates 2016
| Nobel Laureates | Field | Contribution |
|---|---|---|
| F. Duncan M. Haldane J. Michael Kosterlitz | Physics | For theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter. |
| Jean-Pierre Sauvage Sir J. Fraser Stoddart Bernard L. Feringa | Chemistry | For designing and synthesising molecular machines |
| Yoshinori Ohsumi | Physiology or Medicine | For discovering the mechanisms for autophagy. |
| Bob Dylan | Literature | For creating new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition |
| Juan Manuel Santos | Peace | For his resolute efforts to bring the country’s more than 50-year-long civil war to an end |
| Oliver Hart Bengt Holmström | Economic Sciences | For providing contributions to contract theory |
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