Awards

Helmer Herman Koppelman, past Member (2020–21) in the School of Natural Sciences, has received a 2022 MERAC Prize from the European Astronomical Society for his work in theoretical astrophysics, an exceptional honor for early-career scholars.

Mimi Dai, von Neumann Fellow in the School of Mathematics and associate professor at the University of Illinois Chicago, has received the AMS Centennial Fellowship for the 2022–2023 academic year.

Eight past Members in the School of Mathematics and the School of Natural Sciences are among the recipients of the 2022 Sloan Research Fellowships, a landmark honor for early-career scholars. 

George Lusztig, past Distinguished Visiting Professor (1998–99) and past Member (1969–71, 1988, 2020) in the School of Mathematics, has won the 2022 Wolf Prize in Mathematics for his “groundbreaking contributions to representation theory and related areas.” 

Ronen Eldan, current von Neumann Fellow in the School of Mathematics, has received a 2022 Blavatnik Award for his profound contributions to statistics, machine learning, and theoretical computer science.

Camillo De Lellis, IBM von Neumann Professor in the School of Mathematics, has received the 2022 Maryam Mirzakhani Prize in Mathematics from the National Academy of Sciences (NAS).

Professor Emeritus Arnold J. Levine has received a 2021 ASPIRE Award from the Mark Foundation for his work on breast cancer research. Along with past Institute Member Steven Altschuler (1992-93) and Benjamin Greenbaum (2008-13, 2017-21), Levine enters a class of twenty-five researchers who are recognized across cancer research disciplines for their innovative solutions and feasible applications.

Iris Montero-Sobrevilla, current Member in the School of Historical Studies, has won the 2021 Robert F. Heizer Article Award for “The Disguise of the Hummingbird: On the Natural History of Huitzilopochtli in the Florentine Codex” (Ethnohistory, Volume 67, Number 3). 

Elliott H. Lieb, current Visitor in the School of Natural Sciences, has received the 2022 American Physical Society Medal for Exceptional Achievement in Research, the highest honor granted by the Society.

Winners of the 10th annual Breakthrough Prizes were announced today, including current Veblen Research Instructor Sarah Peluse (2022 Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prize) and past Members Takuro Mochizuki (2022 Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics) and Hong Wang (2022 MMNFP).