Dr. Katalin Karikó and her collaborator Dr. Drew Weissman are credited with laying the groundwork for mRNA vaccines. Both have been nominated for the Nobel in chemistry.
https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/vaccine-trenches-katalin-kariko-and-drew-weissman
https://science-teaching.org/en/science/the-mother-of-the-covid-19-vaccine
https://gulfnews.com/special-reports/drew-weissman-father-of-revolutionary-covid-19-mrna-vaccine-sets-next-target-cancer-other-viral-diseases-1.1618256602528
They better collect a Nobel before they collect a 20 year sentence at a Nuremberg II trial.