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MacArthur Fellows

1980s

1990s

* in residence
† deceased

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Other Caltech Awards & Honors

2000s

  • Hideo Mabuchi (PhD '98), 2000, Physics
  • *Erik Winfree (PhD '98), 2000, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Bioengineering and Biotechnology
  • *Michael H. Dickinson, 2001, Bioengineering and Biotechnology
  • *Charles C. Steidel (PhD '90), 2002, Astrophysics and Astronomy
  • *Paul O. Wennberg, 2002, Oceanography, Atmospheric Sciences, and Meteorology
  • *Michael Elowitz, 2007, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • *Paul Rothemund (BS '94), 2007, Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
  • *Alexei Kitaev, 2008, Physics, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, and Probability
  • Rachel Wilson (Postdoc '01–'04), 2008, Neuroscience and Neurobiology
  • Theodore Zoli (MS '89), 2009, Civil and Environmental Engineering

2010s

  • *John Dabiri (PhD '05), 2010, Bioengineering and Biotechnology
  • Nergis Mavalvala (Postdoc '97–'02), 2010, Astrophysics and Astronomy, Physics
  • Melanie Sanford (PhD '01), 2011, Chemistry
  • *Sarkis Mazmanian, 2012, Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
  • Elissa Hallem (Postdoc '05–'10), 2012, Neuroscience and Neurobiology
  • C. Kevin Boyce (BS '95), 2013, Ecology and Evolutionary/Environmental Biology, Paleontology
  • William Dichtel (Postdoc '05–'08), 2015, Chemistry, Materials Science and Engineering
  • *Dianne Newman, 2016, Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology, Ecology and Evolutionary/Environmental Biology, Earth Sciences
  • *Victoria Orphan, 2016, Ecology and Evolutionary/Environmental Biology, Oceanography, Atmospheric Sciences, and Meteorology
  • Sarah T. Stewart (PhD '02), 2018, Astrophysics and Astronomy
  • *Doris Tsao (BS '96), 2018, Neuroscience and Neurobiology