Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences
Rudolph A. Marcus
Year of birth: 1923
Current position(s)：
Arthur Amos Noyes Professor of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology
Specialties：
Theories of rates of chemical reactions in gases and in solutions;
electron and other transfer reactions; unimolecular reactions
and bimolecular association reactions
Education
and
professional
experiences:
Award(s) and
honor(s):
McGill University, Montreal, Canada, B.Sc. (Chem) 1943; Ph.D. (Chem) 1946; Postdoctoral Fellow, National
Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, 1946-49 and University of North Carolina, 1949-51; Assistant Professor,
Associate Professor, and Professor, Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, 1951-64; Professor, University of
Illinois, 1964-78; Noyes Professor of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, 1978-; Member, Courant
Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, 1960-61; Visiting Professor of Theoretical
Chemistry, University of Oxford, England, 1975-76; Professorial Fellow, University College, University of
Oxford, 1975-76; Linnett Visiting Professor of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, 1996; Distinguished
Affiliated Professor, Technical University of Munich, 2008-; Visiting Nanyang Professor, Nanyang
Technological University, Singapore, 2008-; Einstein Professor, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), 2009.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1992; Wolf Prize in Chemistry, 1985; National Medal of Science, U.S.A., 1989; Irving
Langmuir Award in Chemical Physics, American Chemical Society (ACS), 1978; Peter Debye Award in Physical
Chemistry, ACS, 1988; Willard Gibbs Medal, ACS, 1988; Theodore William Richards Medal (ACS), 1990; Linus
Pauling Award, ACS, 1991; Award in Theoretical Chemistry, ACS, 1997; Chandler Medal, Columbia University,
1983; Centenary Medal, Faraday Division, Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 1988; Lavoisier Medal, Société
Française de Chimie, 1994; Foreign Member, The Royal Society (London), 1987-; Foreign Fellow, Royal Society of
Canada, 1993-; Honorary Fellow, RSC, 1991-; Honorable Visitor, National Science Council, Republic of China,1999;
Key to the City of Taipei, Taiwan, 1999; Foreign Member, CAS, 1998-; Member, National Academy of Sciences,
1970-; Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1973-; Member, International Academy of Quantum
Molecular Science, 1987-; Member, American Philosophical Society, 1990- , Member of Council, 1999-2005; D.Sc.
(hon.) University of Chicago, 1983; Polytechnic University, 1986; University of Göteborg, Sweden, 1987; McGill
University, Montreal, Canada, 1988; University of New Brunswick, St. John, Canada, 1993; Queen's University,
Kingston, Canada, 1993; University of Oxford, England, 1995; Yokohama National University, Japan, 1996;
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1996; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1997; Technion-Israel
Institute of Technology, Israel, 1998; Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Spain, 1999; Northwestern University,
2000; University of Waterloo, Canada 2002; Honorary Member, The National Museum of Emerging Science and
Innovation, Tokyo, 2008-; Member, Institute of Advanced Studies, Singapore, 2008-; Honorary Member,
International Society of Electrochemistry, 1994-; Honorary Board Member, International Society of Theoretical
Chemical Physics, 1995-; Honorary Member, Korean Chemical Society, 1996-; Honorary Editor, International
Journal of Quantum Chemistry, 1996-; Honorary Co-President, 29th International Chemistry Olympiad, Montreal,
Canada, 1997; Honorary Fellow, University College, University of Oxford, 1995- ; First Honorary Scientific Fellow,
Literary & Historical Society, University College, Dublin, 2004-; Honorary Board Member of The International Raoul
Wallenberg Foundation, 2003-; Honorary Board Member of The Angelo Roncalli International Committee,
2003onorary Citizen of Winnipeg, 1994. 1999; Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Senior U.S. Scientist Award,
Technical University of Munich, 1976; Sesquicentennial Medal, Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, 2006; Anne
Molson Prize in Chemistry, McGill, 1943; NSF Senior Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1960-61; Alfred P. Sloan
Fellowship, 1960-63; Associate Member, Center for Advanced Studies, University of Illinois, 1968-69; The
Electrochemical Society Lecturer, The Electrochemical Society, 1979, 1996; Robinson Medal, Faraday Division,
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 1982; Renaud Foundation Lectureship, ACS, 1982; Nebraska Lectureship, ACS,
1982; S. C. Lind Lectureship, ACS, 1988; William Lloyd Evans Award, Ohio State University, 1990; Edgar Fahs
Smith Award, ACS, 1991; Remsen Award, ACS, 1991; Spiers Memorial Lecturer (RSC) 2009; Joseph O.
Hirschfelder Prize in Theoretical Chemistry, 1993; American Academy of Achievement Golden Plate Award, 1993;
Treasure of Los Angeles Award, Central City Association of Los Angeles, 1995; Auburn - G. M. Kosolapoff Award,
ACS, 1996; Oesper Award, ACS, 1997; Top 75 Award, Chemical and Engineering News, ACS, 1998; Wilhelm Jost
Lecture and Medal, Deut. Bunsenges and Acad. Sci. Gottingen, 1999;; Tree Planting Ceremony, Nobel Garden,
Pohang University, South Korea, 2004; Special Symposium in honor of Rudolph A. Marcus, ACS, San Francisco,
CA; 2006 Symposium in honor of Professor Rudolph A. Marcus, Organized by faculty at the Technical University of
Munich, Germany, 2003; Symposium in honor of Professor Rudolph A. Marcus, John Stauffer Lecture in the
Sciences, USC, Los Angeles, 2003; Lifetime Achievement Award, Theory and Applications of Computational
Chemistry Conference, Shanghai, China, 2008; Honorary Professorships at Fudan University, Shanghai, 1994-,
Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 1995-; China Ocean University, Qingdao, 2002 -;
Tianjin University, Tianjin 2002-; Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Dalian, 2005-; Wenzhou Medical College,
Wenzhou, 2005
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Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences
Jean-Pierre Serre
Year of birth: 1926
Current position(s)：
Honorary Professor of Collège de France
Specialties： Algebraic topology, Algebraic geometry and Number theory
Education
and
professional
experiences:
1948~1954 Research in French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)
1954
Associate Professor of University of Nancy
1955
Peccot Chair of Collège de France
1956~1994 Professor of the Chair of algebra and geometry of Collège de France
1960
1973
1974
1976
1978
1979
1981
2003
2009
1978
1980
1983
1996
Award(s) and 1998
2000
honor(s):
2001
2002
2003
2004
2004
2006
2008
1954
1970
1985
1995
2000
2003
Foreign Member of American Academy of Arts and Science
Honorary Member of London Mathematical Society
Foreign Member of Royal Society London
Member of National Academy of Science, France
Foreign Member of Royal Netherlands Academy of Science
Foreign Member of the National Academy of Science, USA
Foreign Member of the Swedish Academy of Sciences
Foreign Member of Russian Academy of Sciences
Foreign Member of Norwegian Literature and Sciences
Honorary Doctorate of University of Cambridge
Honorary Doctorate of Stockholm University
Honorary Doctorate of University of Glasgow
Honorary Doctorate of University of Athens
Honorary Doctorate of Harvard University
Honorary Doctorate of University of Durham
Honorary Doctorate of University of London
Honorary Doctorate of University of Oslo
Honorary Doctorate of University of Oxford
Honorary Doctorate of University of Bucharest
Honorary Doctorate of University of Barcelona
Honorary Doctorate of University of Madrid
Honorary Doctorate of McGill University
Fields Medal
Prix Gaston Julia
Balzan Prize
Steele Prize, AMS
Wolf Prize
Abel Prize
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Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences
Ralph J. Cicerone
Year of birth: 1943
Current position(s)：
President, National Academy of Sciences of the United States
Specialties： Atmospheric Chemistry and Global Climate Change
Education
and
professional
experiences:
B.S., Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1965
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, 1970
Research Scientist, University of Michigan, 1971-1977
Research Chemist, University of California, San Diego, 1978-1979
Senior Scientist and Director, Atmospheric Chemistry Division, National Center for
Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, 1980-1989
Daniel G. Aldrich Professor and Founding Chair, Department of Earth System
Science, University of California, Irvine, 1990-1994
President, American Geophysical Union, 1992-1994
Dean, School of Physical Sciences, University of California, Irvine, 1994-1998
Chancellor, University of California, Irvine, 1998-2005
President, US National Academy of Sciences, 2005-present
James B. Macelwane Award, American Geophysical Union, 1979
United Nations Environment Program Ozone Award, 1997
Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science, Franklin Institute,
Philadelphia, 1999
Outstanding Alumnus, College of Engineering, University of Illinois, 2000
Roger Revelle Medal, American Geophysical Union, 2002
Albert Einstein World Award in Science, World Cultural Council, 2004
Award(s) and
Member, National Academy of Sciences, 1990
honor(s):
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1991
Member, American Philosophical Society, 2000
Foreign Member, Academia Nazionale dei Lincei (Rome)
Foreign Member, Russian Academy of Sciences
Honorary Degrees: George Washington University, 2007; North Carolina
University, 2006; and numerous other universities
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Division of Mathematics and Physical Sciences
Ryoji Noyori
Year of birth: 1938
Current position(s)：
President of RIKEN and University Professor of Nagoya University
Specialties： Organic synthesis chemistry
Education
and
professional
experiences:
Award(s) and
honor(s):
1961 Bachelor, Kyoto University; 1963 Master, Kyoto University; 1967 Ph.D.,
Kyoto University; 1969-1970 Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard University
1963-1968 Instructor, Kyoto University
1968-1972 Associate Professor, Nagoya University
1972-2003 Professor, Nagoya University
1997-1999 Dean, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University
2002-2003 President, The Chemical Society of Japan
2003- University Professor, Nagoya University
2003- President, RIKEN
2003- Chair, National University Corporation Evaluation Committee
2005- Chair, Science and Technology Council, Ministry of Education, Culture,
Sports, Science and Technology
2006-2008 Chair, Education Rebuilding Council
1985 The Chemical Society of Japan Award
1993 The Asahi Prize (Japan)
1993 Tetrahedron Prize (UK)
1995 The Japan Academy Prize
1997 The Arthur C. Cope Award (American Chemical Society)
1998 Person of Cultural Merit (Japanese Government)
1999 The King Faisal International Prize for Science (Saudi Arabia)
2000 The Order of Culture (Japanese Emperor/Government)
2001 The Wolf Prize in Chemistry (Israel)
2001 The Roger Adams Award (American Chemical Society)
2001 The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Sweden, shared with William S. Knowles and K.
Barry Sharpless)
Technical University of Munich; University of Rennes; University of Bologna; University of
Alicante; Uppsala University; University of Ottawa; University of Chicago; RWTH Aachen
University; Nanjing University of Science and Technology; Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Member of: Japan Academy; Pontifical Academy of Sciences; American Academy of Arts and
Sciences
Foreign or Honorary Member of: Chemical Society of Japan; American Academy of Arts and
Sciences; Royal Society of Chemistry, UK; European Academy of Sciences and Arts; National
Academy of Sciences, USA; Russian Academy of Sciences; National Academy of Sciences, Korea;
Royal Society, UK; Polish Academy of Sciences
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Division of Humanities and Social Sciences
James J. Heckman
Year of birth: 1944
Current position(s)：
Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor, University of Chicago
Specialties： Social Sciences
Education
and
professional
experiences:
Award(s) and
honor(s):
1. University College Dublin, Professor of Science and Society, 2005–. 2. Peking University, Changjiang River
Scholar Professor, 2004–2008. 3. University College London, Distinguished Chair of Microeconometrics,
2004–2008. 4. University of Chicago, Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor, 1995–；Henry Schultz
Professor, 1985–1995；Professor of Economics, 1977–；Associate Professor, 1973–1977 (tenured, 1974)；
Irving Harris School of Public Policy, Affiliated Faculty 1990–；Director, Center for Social Program
Evaluation, Harris School of Public Policy 1991–；Director, Economics Research Center. 5. American Bar
Foundation, Senior Research Fellow, 1991–. 6. Yale University, A. Whitney Griswold Professor of Economics,
1988–1990；Professor of Statistics, 1990. 7. Yale Law School Lecturer, 1989–1990. 8. Alfred Cowles
Distinguished Visiting Professor, Cowles Foundation, 2008–. 9. National Bureau of Economic Research,
Associate, 1971–1985；Research Fellow, 1987–. 10. National Opinion Research Center, Research Associate,
1979. 11. RAND Corporation, Consultant 1975–1976. 12. Columbia University, Associate Professor
1973–1974, Assistant Professor, 1970–1973. 13. New York University, Adjunct Assistant Professor, 1972. 14.
Council of Economic Advisors, Junior Economist Advisors, 1967.
Other Professional Activities: 1. Member, Advisory Board and Dean’s Search Committee, School of Public
Policy, University of Chicago, 1985– 1988. 2. Member, 1997 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth Advisory
Panel, NORC, 2008–. 3. Editorial Board, Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2007–. 4. President, Western
Economics Association 2003 (Cycle: VP (2003–2004), President Elect (2004–2005), President (2005–2006).
5. Council, Econometric Society, 2000–2006. 6. President, Midwest Economics Association, 1998. 7.
Econometrics Reviews, Co–Editor; Associate Editor, 1987–. 8. Handbook of Econometrics Vol. 5, 6A, 6B,
Co–Editor with Ed Leamer. 9. Foreign Advisor, Panel Study of Family Dynamics, Taiwan, 2003–. 10.
American Economics Association, Executive Committee Member, 2000–2003. 11. Science, Technology and
Economic Policy Board, National Research Council, Member 2000–. 12. Member, National Academy of
Sciences Panel on the Status of Black Americans, 1985–1988. 13. Member, National Academy of Sciences
Panel On Statistical Assessments as Evidence in the Courts, 1982–1985. 14. Journal of Political Economy,
Co–Editor, 1981–1987. 15. Member, Board of Overseers, Michigan Panel Survey of Income Dynamics,
1981–1984. 16. Journal of Econometrics, Editor of the Special Issue on Panel Data, 1981, Associate Editor,
1977–1983. 17. Member, Advisory Board Chicago Urban League, 1980–1987. 18. Academic Press Editor of
Labor Economics Series, 1980–1984. 19. National Science Foundation Evaluation Panel in Economics –
Member, 1977– 1979. 20. London School of Economics, Visitor, Spring 1977, Center for Research on the
Economics of Education. 21. University of Wisconsin Institute for Research on Poverty, Visiting Professor,
Fall 1977. 22. Annals of Economics, Editor of special issue on the Social Measurement Analysis of Discrete
Data, 1976. 23. Social Science Council Research Committee on Research Methods for Longitudinal Data,
1976–1979, 1981–1982. 24. Associate Editor, Evaluation Review, 1991–1996; Journal of Economic
Perspectives, 1989–1996; Review of Economics and Statistics, 1994–2002; Journal of Labor Economics,
1982–; Review of Economic Studies, 1982–1985.
1. Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Honor of the Memory of Alfred Nobel, 2000. 2.
Distinguished Contributions to Public Policy for Children Award, Society for Research in Child Development,
2009. 3. Gold Medal of the President of the Italian Republic, Awarded by the International Scientific
Committee of the Pio Manz`u Centre, 2008. 4. Sun Yefang Economic Science Award, 2007.5. Dennis J. Aigner
Award for Applied Econometrics, Journal of Econometrics, 2007. 6. Theodore W. Schultz Award, American
Agricultural Economics Association Foundation, January 2007. 7. Ulysses Medal, University College Dublin,
2006. 8. Dennis J. Aigner Award for Applied Econometrics, Journal of Econometrics, 2005. 9. Jacob Mincer
Award for Lifetime Achievement, Society of Labor Economics, 2005. 10. Medal of Excellence, Centres of
Excellence for Children’s Well–Being for “Exceptional Contributions to Childhood Development”, May 2004.
11. Statistician of the Year, Chicago Chapter of the American Statistical Association, 2002. 12. First Annual
Louis T. Benezet Distinguished Alumnus Award, Colorado College, 1985. 13. Irving Fisher Professor, Yale
University, Fall 1984. 14. John Bates Clark Medal (American Economics Association), 1983.
Fellowships: 1. Fellow, Econometric Society, 1980–. 2. Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences,
1985–. 3. Senior Research Fellow, American Bar Foundation, 1991–. 4. Elected Member, National Academy of
Sciences, 1992–. 5. Fellow, American Statistical Association, 2001–. 6. Fellow, Journal of Econometrics,
2005–. 7. Fellow, Society of Labor Economics, 2005–. 8. Resident Member, American Philosophical Society,
2008–. 9. Fellow, International Statistical Institute, 2008–. 10. Fellow, American Association for the
Advancement of Science, 2009–. 11. Lifetime Member, Irish Economic Association, 2009–.
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