Path to Nobel

A project of the Association for Human Development Inc. (AFHD),

A not-for-profit IRS 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt organization EIN – 20-1848083

The visionary propelling this project — Dr. Srinivasa Rao Kalasapudi, Ph.D., a biomedical scientist with 40+ peer-reviewed publications and postdoctoral research at Columbia University and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and founder of the Association for Human Development, Dr. Quinoa, and North East Biotech. Learn More About Dr. Rao

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Meet the Pioneers

28 real students have co-authored a Path to Nobel chapter so far — each profiling a Nobel-caliber laureate or pioneer alongside their own mentor-guided research.

Volume 1

Aashritha Kilambi

Dr. Aziz Sancar — Chemistry 2015

Ananya Kulkarni

Dr. Martin Chalfie — Green Fluorescent Protein Tag — Chemistry 2008

Deetya Vinod

Dr. Gregg L. Semenza — Hypoxia & Adaptability — Physiology or Medicine 2019

Ketan Tamirisa

Dr. Richard Henderson — A Glimpse of Cellular Infrastructure — Chemistry 2017

Mahitha Simhambhatla

Dr. Emmanuelle Charpentier, Dr. Jennifer A. Doudna — The Game-Changing Genetic Scissors — Chemistry 2020

Raj Konwar

Dr. Mario R. Capecchi — Specific Gene Modifications — Physiology or Medicine 2007

Ruhaan Sahni

Dr. Sydney Brenner — Physiology or Medicine 2002

Ruhika Nene

Dr. Martin Karplus, Dr. Michael Levitt, Dr. Arieh Warshel — Understanding the Complex Biological System — Chemistry 2013

S. Jayanth (Jay) Tamirisa

Dr. May-Britt Moser — The Neural Grid System — Physiology or Medicine 2014

Sahana Sundar

Dr. John O'Keefe — The Brain's Positioning System — Medicine or Physiology 2014

Samaira Pawa

Dr. Charles M. Rice — Decoding the Viral Genome — Physiology or Medicine 2020

Samyukt Nathan

Dr. Bruce Beutler — Sensing Infection — Medicine or Physiology 2011

Saumya Gokhale

Dr. Ardem Patapoutian, Dr. David Julius — Sensing Heat, Cold, and Touch — Physiology or Medicine 2021

Sujay Sundar

Dr. Robert J. Lefkowitz, Dr. Brian Kobilka — Chemistry 2012

Volume 2

Aashritha Kilambi

Ernest Rutherford

Ananya Kulkarni

Micheal W. Young

Dyuthi Dhawan

Stanley Cohen

Jay Tamirisa

Mother Teresa

Karan Routh

Amartya Sen

Mayukha Ivaturi

César Milstein

Mohika Goyal

Gabriel García Márquez

Naga Vaishnavi

Richard H. Axel

Nikhila Telagarapu

Rosalind Franklin

Parth Chhabra

Eugene F. Fama

Priyanshu Longwani

Warren Thomas Farrell

Pubali Sukriti Dubey

John B. Goodenough

Shravan Balaji

Saul Perlmutter

Vanya Sharad

Tashi & Nungshi Malik