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Dr. Mullis is the recipient of the 1993 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his invention of polymerase chain reaction (PCR). This invention has been cited as one of the greatest scientific accomplishments of the twentieth century - one that revolutionized genetic science and engineering. PCR has also been an enormous commercial success. The original patent was sold to Hoffman LaRoche for $300 million and has generated hundreds of millions of dollars in revenues from royalties.
Dr. Mullis has been awarded the Japan Prize (one of international sciences most prestigious awards), the Thomas A. Edison Award, California Scientist of the Year Award, The National Biotechnology Award, The Gairdner Award in Toronto, Canada, the R&D Scientist of the Year Award, the William Allan Memorial Award of the American Society of Human Genetics and the Preis Biochemische Analytik of the German Society of Clinical Chemistry and Boehringer Mannheim.
Dr. Mullis was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1998.
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