Major contributions to the science of microbiology (as a discipline in its modern sense) 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 (born 1939), 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 (born 1961), Israeli microbiologist and researcher Everett Peter Greenberg, American microbiologist and professor at University of Washington who studied quorum sensing and its role in biofilm formation
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