Awards and recognitions Metchnikoff won the Karl Ernst von Baer prize in 1867 with Alexander Kovalevsky based on their doctoral research. He shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1908 with Paul Ehrlich . He was awarded honorary degree from the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, UK, and the Copley Medal of the Royal Society in 1906. He was given honorary memberships in the Academy of Medicine in Paris and the Academy of Sciences and Medicine in Saint Petersburg. The Leningrad Medical Institute of Hygiene and Sanitation, founded in 1911 was merged with Saint Petersburg State Medical Academy of Postgraduate Studies in 2011 to become the North-Western State Medical University, named after Metchnikoff. The Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National University is in Odesa, Ukraine.
awards and recognitions metchnikoff won the karl ernst von baer prize in 1867 with alexander kovalevsky based on their doctoral research he shared the nobel prize in physiology or medicine in 1908 with paul ehrlich  he was awarded honorary degree from the university of cambridge in cambridge uk and the copley medal of the royal society in 1906 he was given honorary memberships in the academy of medicine in paris and the academy of sciences and medicine in saint petersburg the leningrad medical institute of hygiene and sanitation founded in 1911 was merged with saint petersburg state medical academy of postgraduate studies in 2011 to become the north-western state medical university named after metchnikoff the odesa i i mechnikov national university is in odesa ukraine