Christiane Nusslein-Volhard
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard Born (1942-10-20) 20 October 1942 (age 72) Magdeburg, Germany Residence Germany Nationality German Fields genetics, embryology Institutions European Molecular Biology Laboratory, MPI for Developmental Biology Alma mater University of Tübingen Doctoral advisor Heinz Schaller Notable awards Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1995), Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (1991) Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize (1986) Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard (born 20 October 1942 in Magdeburg) is a German biologist. She won the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research in 1991 and the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1995, together with Eric Wieschaus and Edward B. Lewis, for their research on the genetic control of embryonic development. Today she lives in Bebenhausen, Germany.