Adam Riess Discovered Dark Energy and in 2011, he won a Nobel Prize in physics for his part in showing that the expansion rate of the universe is accelerating. In fact, there have been 29 Nobel Prize winners associated with Johns Hopkins University, either as graduates or faculty, before, at the time of, or subsequent to their receipt of the prize. And they are in good company, swapping ideas and sharing office space with MacArthur fellows, presidential honorees, National Academies members, and Academy of Arts and Sciences members.
Nobel Prize Winners
Woodrow Wilson, PhD 1886 (History)
Nobel Peace Prize, 1919
James Franck
Professor of Physics, 1935–38
Nobel Prize in Physics, 1925
Thomas Hunt Morgan, PhD 1890 (Zoology)
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1933
George Hoyt Whipple, MD 1905
Associate Professor of Pathology, 1910–14
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1934
Joseph Erlanger, MD 1899
Assistant in Physiology, 1900–1901
Instructor, 1901–1903
Associate, 1903–1904
Associate Professor, 1904–1906
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1944
Herbert Spencer Gasser, MD 1915
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1944
Vincent du Vigneaud
National Research Fellow, Pharmacology, 1927–28
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1955
Maria Goeppert-Mayer
Assistant in Physics, 1930-32
Associate, 1932-36
Nobel Prize in Physics, 1963
Francis Peyton Rous, AB 1900, MD 1905
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1966
Haldan Keffer Hartline, MD 1927
Professor of Biophysics, 1949–54
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1967
Simon Kuznets
Professor of Political Economy, 1954–60
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, 1971
Christian B. Anfinsen
Professor of Biology, 1982–95
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1972
Hamilton O. Smith, MD 1956
Assistant Professor of Microbiology, 1967–69
Associate Professor, 1969–73
Professor, 1973–98
Professor Emeritus, 1998–present
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1978
Daniel Nathans
Assistant Professor, 1962–65
Associate Professor, 1965–67
Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics, 1967–99
Interim President, 1995–96
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1978
David H. Hubel
Assistant Resident, Neurology, 1954–55
Fellow, Neuroscience, 1958–59
Nobel Prize in Medicine, 1981
Torsten Wiesel
Fellow, Ophthalmology, 1955–58
Assistant Professor, 1958–59
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1981
Merton H. Miller, PhD 1952
(and honorary doctorate 1993) (Economics)
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, 1990
Robert W. Fogel, PhD 1963 (Economics)
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, 1993
Martin Rodbell, BA 1949 (Biology)
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1994
Jody Williams, MA 1984 (Latin American Studies)
Nobel Peace Prize, 1997
Paul Greengard, PhD 1953 (Biophysics)
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 2000
Riccardo Giacconi
Professor of Physics and Astronomy, 1982–97
Research Professor of Physics and Astronomy 1998–present
Nobel Prize in Physics, 2002