First reactions | Moungi Bawendi, Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023 | Telephone interview
“I’m supposed to teach at 9 this morning,” say Moungi Bawendi in this call recorded in the early morning, just after the news of his 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry had reached him, “and I’m not sure wh...
4 Okt 20235min
First reactions | Pierre Agostini, Nobel Prize in Physics 2023 | Telephone interview
“My daughter called me asking, ‘Is that true, I see it on Google?’” That was how Pierre Agostini found out he had been awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics. In this conversation with the Nobel Priz...
3 Okt 20236min
First reactions | Anne L’Huillier, Nobel Prize in Physics 2023 | Telephone interview
In what was surely understatement, 2023 physics laureate Anne L’Huillier described herself as “A little bit busy” when the Nobel Prize’s Adam Smith reached her a couple of hours after she had received...
3 Okt 20234min
First reactions | Ferenc Krausz, Nobel Prize in Physics 2023 | Telephone interview
Ferenc Krausz was preparing to give lab tours at his Institute when a call from Stockholm reached him at home. “I was not sure whether I was dreaming, or whether it’s reality,” he tells the Nobel Priz...
3 Okt 20236min
First reactions | Drew Weissman, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2023 | Telephone interview
“We weren’t sure it was true!” Drew Weissman’s research partner and co-laureate Katalin Karikó called him early this morning with some incredible news – they had both been awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize...
2 Okt 20236min
First reactions | Katalin Karikó, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2023 | Telephone interview
The call from Stockholm woke Katalin Karikó at her home outside Philadelphia. Initially in disbelief, in this interview with Adam Smith, recorded soon after she had learnt of the award of the Nobel Pr...
2 Okt 20237min
Behind the scenes: Adam Smith presents more October interviews with the new Nobel Prize laureates
Each year in October, Adam Smith takes on the challenge of reaching the brand new Nobel Prize laureates for a telephone interview. In this new bonus episode of Nobel Prize Conversations, Adam takes us...
27 Sep 202337min
Barry Sharpless: Nobel Prize Conversations
“If you're interested in something, you'd be amazed what interest can do.” – So says Barry Sharpless, the only living individual that has been awarded two Nobel Prizes. In this rare and uniquely wide-...
21 Jun 202329min
