Question
‘X’, born in the UK, was conferred the Nobel Prize in 2025 while a professor at an American university. Identify ‘X’:
Explanation
John Clarke fits both the given conditions. Born in Cambridge, UK, he was one of the recipients of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for work on macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling in an electric circuit. At the time, he was Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley.
Michel H. Devoret does not fit the birthplace criterion. Although he shared the 2025 Physics Nobel and has been associated with Yale University and UC Santa Barbara, he was born in France.
Richard Robson was born in Yorkshire, UK, but he received the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and was affiliated with the University of Melbourne, Australia.
Joel Mokyr was associated with Northwestern University in the US, but he was born in Leiden, Netherlands, and received the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.