Who Knew WashU? 8.1.17

Question: Washington University is affiliated with 24 Nobel laureates. From which academic discipline does our most recent Nobel Prize winner hail?

W.E. Moerner
Washington University alumnus W.E. Moerner visited campus in 2015 to give a lecture and spend time with students. (Photo: Joe Angeles/Washington University)

 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!