Pioneers in Science

In an interview as part of the Stanford Pioneers in Science series, Nobel Prize winner Roger D. Kornberg discusses his impressive scientific discoveries as well as other aspects of life as a scientist and some of his personal opinions. (May 12, 2010)

Patrick Suppes, Lucie Stern Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, discusses his life's work and his ideas for the future of education as one of the most consequential thinkers of our day. (April 21, 2010)

Stanley N. Cohen discusses his career and his current work studying mechanisms by which viruses and bacteria exploit genes and genetic pathways of host cells in order to produce disease. (March 11, 2010)

Paul Costello interviews Douglas Osheroff, Professor of Physics and of Applied Physics and recipient of the Nobel Prize in physics, discussing his work and career and his thoughts on the state of scientific research and education. (February 3, 2010)

William H. Durham's major contributions have been in the theory of convolutions in human populations, in the cases of scarcity and environmental degradation in Latin America. (November 4, 2009)

William Sharpe received the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1990 for his contributions to the theory of price formation for financial assets, the so-called Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM). (October 7, 2009)

Kenneth Arrow won the Nobel Prize for his contributions to economic equilibrium theory and welfare theory. (April 15, 2009)

Paul Berg won the Nobel Prize for research that laid the groundwork for recombinant DNA technology. (May 20, 2009)

Burton Richter was awarded the 1976 Nobel Prize in Physics for his "pioneering work in the discovery of a heavy elementary particle of a new kind." (March 4, 2009)

Daphne Koller won a 2004 MacArthur Fellowship for her creativity in the area of artificial intelligence with her research on Bayesian methods, a once obscure branch of probability theory. (February 11, 2009)

Carl Djerassi is known as the father of the birth control pill, developer of insect controls and antihistamines, founder of biomedical companies, educator, and internationally bestselling novelist. (January 14, 2009)

Robert Sapolsky's research has revolutionized our understanding of the effects of stress on our bodies. (November 12, 2008)

Sidney Drell is one of America's most influential scientists over the past 45 years in ensuring nuclear peace throughout the world. (October 21, 2008)