In this article, we will cover the list of Nobel Prize 2022 winners with their names and their contributions.
Every year in October, committees in Sweden and Norway award six Nobel Prizes, one of the world's most prestigious awards. Each prize honors an individual or organisation for making a significant contribution to a particular discipline.
The Nobel Prizes are prestigious awards given according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895. Alfred Nobel was a Swedish chemist, engineer, and industrialist best known for developing dynamite. 1896 saw his passing.
The Nobel Prize was given out for the first time in 1901, and since then, 975 people and organisations have received it 609 times.
The Nobel Prize was first exclusively awarded to those who had made outstanding contributions to the fields of physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, and peace. Later, the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences was also established with funding from Sweden's central bank.
The following committees decide who receives the Nobel Prize in each category:
- Noble Prize in Literature – Swedish Academy.
- Noble Prize in Peace – Norwegian Nobel Committee.
- Noble Prize in Physics – Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry – Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
- Noble Prize in Economics – Sveriges Riksbank, Bank of Sweden.
- Noble Prize in Physiology & Medicine – Karolinska Institute.
Check the full list of Nobel Prize winners in 2022 for all fields for all upcoming Kerala PSC exams.
List of Nobel Prize Winners 2022:
Following is a list of the Nobel prize winners in 2022 for the five categories that include Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace:
| Field | Nobel Laureates | Contribution | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physics |  | Alain Aspect (France) | For conducting experiments in quantum mechanics that laid the groundwork for rapidly-developing new applications in computing and cryptography. |
 | John Clauser (USA) | ||
 | Anton Zeilinger (Austria) | ||
| Chemistry |  | Carolyn Bertozzi (USA) | For the development of click chemistry and bio-orthogonal chemistry. |
 | Morten Meldal (Denmark) | ||
 | Barry Sharpless (USA) | ||
| Medicine |  | Professor Svante Pääbo (Sweden) | For the discovery of the genetic identity of two of humankind’s earliest ancestors, and opening a new window on the human evolution process. |
| Economic Sciences |  | Ben S. Bernanke (USA) | For the research on banking and financial crises. |
 | Douglas W. Diamond (USA) | ||
 | Philip H. Dybvig (USA) | ||
| Literature |  | Annie Ernaux (France) | For the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements, and collective restraints of personal memory |
| Peace |  | Ales Bialiatski (Belarus) | For promoting the right to criticize power and protect the fundamental rights of citizens. |
| Memorial (Russian rights group) | For showing outstanding efforts to document war crimes, human rights abuses, and the abuse of power. | ||
| Centre for Civil Liberties (Ukraine) | |||
Nobel Prize Winners of 2021
- Physics – S. Manabe, K. Hasselmann, G. Parisi.
- Chemistry – B. List, D. MacMillan
- Medicine – D. Julius, A. Patapoutian
- Literature – A. Gurnah
- Peace – M. Ressa, D. Muratov
- Economic Sciences – D. Card, J. Angrist, G. Imbens
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