Wolf Prize

Wolf Prize 1984/1985: Winners

Recipients

  1. Agriculture

    Robert H. Burris

    Biology

    for his pioneering fundamental research on the mechanisms of biological nitrogen fixation and its application in crop production.

  2. Chemistry

    Rudolph A. Marcus

    Chemistry

    for his contribution to chemical kinetics, especially the theories of unimolecular reactions and electron transfer reactions.

  3. Mathematics

    Hans Lewy

    Math

    for initiating many, now classic and essential, developments in partial differential equations.

  4. Mathematics

    Kunihiko Kodaira

    Math

    for his outstanding contributions to the study of complex manifolds and algebraic varieties.

  5. Medicine

    Donald F. Steiner

    Biology

    for discoveries concerning the biosynthesis and processing of insulin which have had profound implications for basic biology and clinical medicine.