- Chemistry
- 2014
Key contributions: Nanocrystals
- Mathematical, Statistical, and Computer Sciences
- 2012
Key contributions: Research integral to modern engine design; research integral to understanding blood flow
- Engineering Sciences
- 2003
Key contributions: Development of molecular thermodynamic models
- Chemistry
- 2001
Key contributions: Sum frequency generation spectroscopy
- Physical Sciences
- 2001
Key contributions: Research on pseudopotentials
- Biological Sciences
- 1998
Key contributions: The Ames test
- Chemistry
- 1997
Key contributions: Research on causes of smog; proposed that aircraft exhaust was responsible for ozone deterioration
- Chemistry
- 1997
Key contributions: Discovered the element Seaborgium
- Chemistry
- 1991
Key contributions: Worked on the Manhattan Project; discovered 10 elements
- Physical Sciences
- 1990
Key contributions: Scientific achievements including the identification of the first transuranic element (neptunium) and the invention of the phase stability principle incorporated in the synchrotron
- Chemistry
- 1989
Key contributions: light-independent reactions in plants; discovered the Calvin cycle
- Chemistry
- 1986
Key contributions: quantitative bridge between the laws of mechanics and complex macroscopic phenomena
- Chemistry
- 1983
Key contributions: inventor of the chemical laser
- Physical Sciences
- 1974
Key contributions: thermodynamic properties of molecules
- Physical Sciences
- 1963
Key contributions: theoretical physics; the bubble chamber; revolutionized the study of charged particles; the Manhattan Project
- Engineering Sciences
- 2023
Key contributions: providing life-sustaining resources to communities around the world, including innovative and inexpensive technologies that help meet profound needs such as drinking water and fuel efficient cookstoves.
- Environment
- 2011
Key contributions: energy-efficient building technologies and policies; the Rosenfeld Effect, in which total per capita electricity use has stayed relatively flat in California since the 1970s due to energy efficiency measures while it has risen sharply in the United States.