Question: Washington University is affiliated with 24 Nobel laureates. From which academic discipline does our most recent Nobel Prize winner hail?
Answer: A) Alumnus W.E. Moerner won the Nobel in chemistry in 2014, along with two other scientists, for developing super-resolved fluorescence microscopy. Moerner earned three bachelor’s degrees from the university in 1975.
Congrats to this week’s winner, Steven Rosenblum, of Alumni & Development Programs, who will receive an “I Knew WashU” luggage tag!
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