Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard is a German developmental biologist and a 1995 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate. She is the only woman from Germany to have received a Nobel Prize in the sciences. Wikipedia
Born: 1942 (age 81 years), Magdeburg, Germany
Awards: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1995), Sir Hans Krebs Medal (1993), Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine (1992), and more
Parents: Brigitte Volhard and Rolf Volhard
Doctoral advisor: Heinz Schaller