Syukuro Manabe

Syukuro Manabe
Syukuro Manabe
	Manabe in 2018
Born	21 September 1931 (age 93); Shinritsu, Uma, Ehime, Japan
Education	University of Tokyo (BA, MA, DSc)
Occupation	Meteorologist ;
Awards	Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal (1992); Blue Planet Prize (1992); Roger Revelle Medal (1993); Asahi Prize (1995); Volvo Environment Prize (1997); William Bowie Medal (2010); Franklin Institute Awards (2015); Crafoord Prize (2018); Nobel Prize in Physics (2021);
	Academic career
Fields	Meteorology, climatology, climate change, computer simulation
Institutions	Princeton University; Nagoya University;
Doctoral students	Isaac Held, Kenneth Bowman, Alex Hall

Syukuro "Suki" Manabe (真鍋淑郎, Manabe Shukurō, born 21 September 1931) is a Japanese–American physicist, meteorologist, and climatologist, who pioneered the use of computers to simulate global climate change and natural climate variations. He was awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics jointly with Klaus Hasselmann and Giorgio Parisi, for his contributions to the physical modeling of Earth's climate, quantifying its variability, and predictions of climate change.

Syukuro Manabe
Manabe in 2018

Born	(1931-09-21) 21 September 1931 (age 93) Shinritsu, Uma, Ehime, Japan
Education	University of Tokyo (BA, MA, DSc)
Occupation	Meteorologist
Awards	Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal (1992) Blue Planet Prize (1992) Roger Revelle Medal (1993) Asahi Prize (1995) Volvo Environment Prize (1997) William Bowie Medal (2010) Franklin Institute Awards (2015) Crafoord Prize (2018) Nobel Prize in Physics (2021)
Academic career
Fields	Meteorology, climatology, climate change, computer simulation
Institutions	Princeton University Nagoya University
Doctoral students	Isaac Held, Kenneth Bowman, Alex Hall