Left–right:
- Martin Chalfie: Shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP.
- H. Robert Horvitz: Received the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his research on the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans.
- Sir Harold W. Kroto: Shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of fullerenes.
- John Mather: Received the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on the Cosmic Background Explorer Satellite (COBE).