- About Us
- Our History
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Overview
Our origins as the first large-scale research facility in the north-eastern United States.
Discoveries
Brookhaven is home to discoveries that led to seven Nobel Prizes.
Unique Facilities
The Lab was conceived to design, construct and operate large scientific research machines.
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- Awards
- Leadership Team
- Brookhaven Science Associates
- Economic Impact
- Stakeholder Relations
- Values & Conduct
Awards and Recognitions
Joanna Fowler, 2008 National Medal of Science winner
Mei Bai, E.0. Lawrence Memorial Award, 2014
Maurice Goldhaber, National Medal of Science Winner, 1983
T.D. Lee, Nobel Prize in Physics, 1957
Richard Setlow, Enrico Fermi Award, 1988
Recognized for Science Excellence
Brookhaven scientists and other researchers associated with the Laboratory’s world-class facilities have won numerous awards of national and international significance. The following listing includes only a few of the most prestigious awards won by Brookhaven scientists.
Raymond Davis Jr., 2002 Nobel Prize winner
Nobel Prize in Physics
- 1957T.D. Lee* and C.N. Yang*
- 1976Samuel C.C. Ting*
- 1980James Cronin* and Val Fitch*
- 1988Leon Lederman*, Melvin Schwartz* and Jack Steinberger*
- 2002Raymond Davis Jr.
Enrico Fermi Award
- 1986 Ernest Courant and M. Stanley Livingston
- 1987 Gerald Tape
- 1988 Richard Setlow
- 1998 Maurice Goldhaber
- 2002 Raymond Davis Jr.
National Medal of Technology and Innovation
- 2009 Esther Takeuchi
Joanna Fowler, 2008 Nat'l Medal of Science winner
Nobel Prize in Chemistry
National Medal of Science
- 1965 Donald D. Van Slyke
- 1983 Maurice Goldhaber
- 2002 Raymond Davis Jr.
- 2002 James Glimm ***
- 2008 Joanna Fowler
Wolf Foundation Prize in Physics
- 1991 Maurice Goldhaber
- 2000 Raymond Davis Jr.
Albert Lasker Award for Clinical Medical Research
- 1969 George Cotzias
William Studier, 1977 E.O. Lawrence Award winner
Ernest Orlando Lawrence Memorial Award
- 1963 Herbert Kouts
- 1964 Jacob Bigeleisen
- 1970 Joseph Hendrie
- 1977 F. William Studier
- 1980 Nicholas Samios
- 1980 Benno Schoenborn
- 1981 Martin Blume
- 1984 John Dunn
- 1985 Betsy Sutherland
- 1988 Joseph Wall
- 1998 Joanna Fowler
- 2014 Mei Bai
Richard N. Merkin Prize in Biomedical Technology
- 2024 F. William Studier
National Academy of Sciences
One of the greatest honors for an American scientist is to be elected to the National Academy of Sciences. The following active and retired BNL staff are members of the academy:
Nat'l Academy of Engineering
The following Brookhaven staff are members of the National Academy of Engineering:
- Jacob Bigeleisen
- Praveen Chaudhari
- Ernest Courant
- Eugene Cronkite
- Raymond Davis Jr.
- Joanna Fowler
- Gerhart Friedlander
- Gertrude Goldhaber
- Maurice Goldhaber
- Robert Palmer
- Nicholas Samios
- Richard Setlow
- Gen Shirane
- F. William Studier
- Norman Sutin
- Alfred Wolf
- Seymour Baron
- Praveen Chaudhari
- Joseph Hendrie
- Herbert Kouts
- Esther Takeuchi
- Warren Winsche
* Affiliated with Brookhaven National Laboratory at time of award
** Affiliated with Rockefeller University and Howard Hughes Medical
Institute; used Brookhaven’s National Synchrotron Light Source for
prize-winning research.
*** Joint scientific staff appointment with Brookhaven National
Laboratory and Stony Brook University
