China News Agency, Hong Kong, May 21 (Reporter Zeng Ping) The Shaw Shaw Prize Foundation announced on the 21st the list of winners of the "Shaw Shaw Prize" in 2020. Six scientists won the prize.
On the afternoon of May 21st, Yang Gangkai (third from left), chairman of the Shaw Shaw Awards Council and vice chairman of the jury, attended the press conference. The Shaw Shaw Awards Foundation held a press conference in Hong Kong to announce the winners of the 17th Shaw Shaw Awards. The Astronomy Awards are presented to Roger Branford; the Life Science and Medicine Awards are presented to Gro Misson Burke, Peter Hageman, Georg Nagel; the Mathematics Science Awards are presented to Alexander Bay Linson, David Katzdan. China News Service reporter Li Zhihua
The Astronomy Award was awarded to American scientist Roger D Blandford in recognition of his fundamental contribution to theoretical astrophysics, especially in the basic understanding of active galaxy nuclei, the formation and relativity of relativistic jets Straight, the energy extraction mechanism of black holes and the acceleration of particles in shock waves and their related radiation mechanisms.
The Life Science and Medicine Awards were awarded to British scientists Gero Miesenböck, German scientists Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel in recognition of their research and development. Optogenetics, a technology that revolutionized the development of neuroscience.
The Mathematical Science Award is awarded on average to American scientist Alexander Beilinson and Israeli scientist David Kazhdan in recognition of their significant influence and profound contributions to representation theory and many other fields of mathematics.
Yang Gangkai, chairman of the Shaw Shaw Awards Council, said that the "Shaw Shaw Awards" are international awards that recognize scientists who have achieved breakthroughs in academics, research, or applications. Their achievements have a profound impact on human life. The principle of judging awards is regardless of the race, nationality, gender and religious belief of the winners.
The "Shaw Shaw Award" has been awarded annually since 2004, and each award includes a certificate, a gold medal and a prize of US $ 1.2 million. Affected by the new coronary pneumonia epidemic, the 2020 "Shaw Shaw Award" award ceremony will be postponed to 2021. (Finish)