University of Delaware’s faculty experts will discuss the research and careers of the 2023 Nobel Prize winners at this year’s Nobel Symposium, Wednesday, Nov. 8 at 7pm in the Harker ISE Laboratory Atrium. Doors will open at 6:30pm.

Hosted by the College of Arts and Sciences, this annual talk gives an opportunity to learn more about the prizes and their winners from faculty who conduct research in fields similar to the new laureates. 

Speakers include:

Jodi Hadden-Perilla, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, will discuss the Medicine Prize winners and their work in the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.

Sarah Wasserman, associate professor of English and director of the Center for Material and Culture Studies, will speak about playwright, novelist, and poet Jon Fosse, winner of the Prize in Literature. 

Emil Hernandez-Pagan, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, will explain the work of the recipients of the Prize in Chemistry for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots.

Farley Grubb, professor of both economics and history, will speak on the work of the winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, for work on the history of women in the workforce.

Barry Walker, Department of Physics and Astronomy, will discuss Nobel Prize in Physics winners and their discovery of a new way to explore the world of electrons inside atoms and molecules.

Rudi Matthee, John A. Munroe and Dorothy L. Munroe Chair of History and professor of women and gender studies, will speak about Nobel Peace prize winner Narges Mohammadi and her fight against the oppression of women in Iran. 

For more information, please visit: https://www.cas.udel.edu/nobel-symposium