屠呦呦

我最喜欢的诺贝尔奖获得者是屠呦呦，她获得了化学方面的诺贝尔奖。

她1930年在宁波出生。从1951年到1955年，她在北京大学学医，然后学习了中医。所以，她独特地精通中医和西医。她行医几年后，文化大革命就开始了，这打断了她的人生。

1969年，她被指定为研究小组的部长，中国政府要求她研发疟疾的医疗方法。1972年，她运用她的西医和中医知识来开发一种疟疾治疗方法。她发现中药青蒿中有一种非常有效的化合物。她还想出了一种萃取办法。

之后，她跟她的丈夫和两个女儿重逢。从1970多年到2010以来，她大部分时间不为认知，但是一位外国人读了研究小组的笔记本，这位外国人确定了屠呦呦是部长，还发现了这种有效的青蒿化合物。所以，在2013年，屠呦呦获得了化学方面的诺贝尔奖。

屠呦呦不仅很聪明，而且很坚强。她也非常谦虚，因为她总是说如果没有一个非常优秀的研究小组，她就不可能开发出这个药物。

她的生活经历是我最喜欢的诺贝尔奖获得者的原因。

My favorite Nobel Prize winner is Tu Youyou; she won the Nobel Prize in chemistry.

She was born in Ningbo. From 1951 to 1955, she studied medicine at Beijing University, and afterwards she studied Chinese medicine. This unique education helped her have a background in both Chinese and Western medicine. After practicing for only a few years, the Chinese Cultural Revolution started, which interrupted her life.

In 1969, she was appointed the head of a research team, and the Chinese government told her to find a cure for malaria. In 1972, she used her knowledge of both Western and Chinese medicine to find a cure. She discovered a compound in the Chinese medicine called wormwood which proved to be very effective at fighting malaria. She also discovered a way to extract this compound while retaining its effectiveness.

Later, she was reunited with her husband and her two daughters. From the 1970's up until the early 2010's, she was largely unknown. However, an international researcher went through the notes made by Tu Youyou's research team, and found that Tu Youyou was the leader. He also found that she discovered the specific compound and developed a way to extract it. So, she won the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 2013.

Tu Youyou is not just very smart, but also very resilient. She is also very modest, since she always says that she without her team, she never would have been able to find the drug.

Her life story is why she is my favorite Nobel Laureate.