List of microbiologists
Major contributions to the science of microbiology have spanned the time from the mid-17th century month by month to the present day. The following is a list of notable microbiologists who have made significant contributions to the study of microorganisms. Many of those listed have received a Nobel Prize for their contributions to the field of microbiology. The others are typically considered historical figures whose work in microbiology had a notable impact in the field. Those microbiologists who currently work in the field have been excluded unless they have received recognition beyond that of being on the faculty in a college or university.
Proto-microbiologists
- Mahavira
- Marcus Terentius Varro
- Avicenna
- Girolamo Fracastoro
- Marcello Malpighi
- Athanasius Kircher
- Jan Swammerdam
- Robert Hooke
Microbiologists
Living
- Ilan Chet, Israeli microbiologist, professor, and President of the Weizmann Institute of Science
- Inna Sekirov, Moldovan-born, Canadian medical microbiologist and physician-scientist
- Pascale Guiton, Ivory Coast-born assistant professor at California State University, founder of the Guiton Lab
- Pauline Johnson, immunologist
- Rita R. Colwell, American environmental microbiologist who studied the ecology of cholera, former director of the National Science Foundation and president of the American Society for Microbiology
- Wayne L. Nicholson, American microbiologist and scientist based on microbiology and cell biology
- William C. Campbell, 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his part in the discovery of avermectin
- Yossef Av-Gay, Israeli microbiologist and researcher