Famous South African Physicists

Michael Levitt is a biophysicist who has been serving as a Stanford University professor of structural biology since 1987. Along with Arieh Warshel and Martin Karplus, Levitt received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2013. He has also received several other awards, including the DeLano Award for Computational Biosciences and was inducted into the National Academy of Sciences in 2002.

South African physicist Neil Turok is associated with the faculty of the University of Edinburgh and is known for his study on the Ekpyrotic universe and cosmology. He has been the director of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Canada and is the founder of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences.

Nobel Prize-winning South African-born American physicist Allan McLeod Cormack is remembered for his research on X-ray computed tomography. He was associated with both Harvard and Tufts University. He later became a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and was also bestowed with the National Medal of Science.

Copley Medal-winning British physicist Frederick Charles Frank is remembered for his extensive research on crystals. He contributed to what is now known as the Frank–Read source of dislocations. He was associated with the University of Bristol and was a Fellow of the Royal Society.