Paul Hermann Müller

Paul Hermann Müller
Born(1899-01-12)12 January 1899
Olten, Solothurn, Switzerland
Died13 October 1965(1965-10-13) (aged 66)
Basel, Switzerland
Alma materUniversität Basel
Known forInsecticidal applications of DDT
AwardsNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1948)
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry
InstitutionsJ. R. Geigy AG
Doctoral advisorHans Rupe

Paul Hermann Müller, also known as Pauly Mueller (12 January 1899 – 13 October 1965), was a Swiss chemist who received the 1948 Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine for his 1939 discovery of insecticidal qualities and use of DDT in the control of vector diseases such as malaria and yellow fever.

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