JLU Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni of JLU

• Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen (1869) - Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of X-rays.
• Georg Wittig (1923) - Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of the Wittig reaction.
• Hans Adolf Krebs (1923) - Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of the citric acid cycle.
• Ernst Otto Fischer (1949) - Nobel Prize in Chemistry for pioneering work on the chemistry of organometallic sandwich compounds.
• Kurt Alder (1922) - Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery and development of the Diels-Alder reaction.
• Julius von Sachs (1856) - Pioneering work in plant physiology, particularly photosynthesis.
• Emil Kraepelin (1878) - Psychiatrist known for his work on the classification of mental disorders.
• Wilhelm Windelband (1867) - Philosopher known for his work on neo-Kantianism.
• Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig (1839) - Physiologist known for his contributions to physiology and the invention of the kymograph.
• August Paul von Wassermann (1888) - Bacteriologist known for developing the Wassermann test for syphilis.