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Kavli Prize 2024
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Recently ,the 2024 Kavli Prize was announced, honouring eight individuals for their significant achievements in the fields of astrophysics, neuroscience, and nanoscience.
Kavli Prize winners 2024:
- Astrophysics:
- David Charbonneau (Harvard University) and Sara Seager (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).
- For the discovery and characterization of exoplanets, specifically for their methods in detecting atomic species in planetary atmospheres and measuring their thermal emissions.
- Nanoscience:
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- Recipient: Robert Langer (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Armand Paul Alivisatos (University of Chicago), and Chad Mirkin (Northwestern University).
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- Contributions: Breakthroughs in nano-engineering for drug delivery, quantum dots for bio-imaging, and spherical nucleic acids.
- Neuroscience:
- Recipients: Nancy Kanwisher (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Winrich Freiwald (Rockefeller University), and Doris Tsao (University of California, Berkeley).
- Achievements: Mapping facial recognition in the brain using functional imaging and neural architecture studies.
About Kavli Prize:
- Fred Kavli, a Norwegian-American Scientist, businessman and philanthropist, founded the Kavli Foundation in 2000 with proceeds from selling his company, Kavlico.
- The Kavli Prizes are awarded in three areas: astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience — the largest, the smallest, and the most complex.
- Established in 2008.
- $1 million cash prize per field, along with a scroll and a 7 cm diameter medal.
- Given in collaboration with the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters and the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research.
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