Sackler Prize
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The Raymond and Beverly Sackler International Prize is a $40,000 prize in the disciplines of either physics
or chemistry
awarded by Tel Aviv University
each year for young scientists who have made outstanding and fundamental contributions in their fields. It was created through the generosity of Dr. Raymond Sackler
and his wife, Mrs. Beverly Sackler.
There is an age limit for all nominees. Nominations for the Sackler Prize can be made by individuals in any of the following categories:
1) Faculty of Physics, Astronomy or Chemistry departments in institutions of higher learning world wide.
2) Presidents, Rectors, Vice-Presidents, Provosts and Deans, of institutions of higher learning world wide.
3) Directors of laboratories world wide.
4) Sackler Prize laureates.
The 2005 prize was shared jointly by Professor Christoph Dellago of the University of Vienna
, Dr. Christopher Jarzynski of Los Alamos National Laboratory
, and Professor David Reichman of Columbia University
, for their ground breaking developments in statistical mechanics and seminal contributions to the dynamics of disordered condensed matter.
The 2006 joint winners were Professor Yuri Kovchegov of Ohio State University
, for his work in quantum chromodynamics
at very high energies and gluon
densities, and Professor Thomas Glasmacher of Michigan State University
, for developing new sensitive methods of studying nuclear structure, utilizing Coulomb excitation
with fast beams of rare isotopes.
The 2007 joint winners were Professor Clare M. Waterman-Storer and Professor Frank Jülicher.
Xiaoliang Sunney Xie
(2003), Juan Maldacena and Michael R. Douglas
have also won this prize.
For 2008, the age limit has been raised to 45 and the prize money to $50,000.
There is also a Raymond and Beverly Sackler Prize in Music Composition, the purpose of which is to provide financial support for the creation of new musical works, and which is administered by the School of Fine Arts at the University of Connecticut. Begun in 2002, the international award offers a substantial recognition including public performances, recordings, and a prize of $20,000 (USD). The 2008 winner was Nathan Currier
.
Physics
Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
or chemistry
Chemistry
Chemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
awarded by Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University is a public university located in Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel. With nearly 30,000 students, TAU is Israel's largest university.-History:...
each year for young scientists who have made outstanding and fundamental contributions in their fields. It was created through the generosity of Dr. Raymond Sackler
Raymond Sackler
Dr Raymond R. Sackler is an American physician, entrepreneur and philanthropist. With his brothers Arthur M. Sackler and Mortimer Sackler he founded the pharmaceutical company LTR Pharmaceutical which later took control of Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin.He received his bachelor of science...
and his wife, Mrs. Beverly Sackler.
There is an age limit for all nominees. Nominations for the Sackler Prize can be made by individuals in any of the following categories:
1) Faculty of Physics, Astronomy or Chemistry departments in institutions of higher learning world wide.
2) Presidents, Rectors, Vice-Presidents, Provosts and Deans, of institutions of higher learning world wide.
3) Directors of laboratories world wide.
4) Sackler Prize laureates.
The 2005 prize was shared jointly by Professor Christoph Dellago of the University of Vienna
University of Vienna
The University of Vienna is a public university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world...
, Dr. Christopher Jarzynski of Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos National Laboratory is a United States Department of Energy national laboratory, managed and operated by Los Alamos National Security , located in Los Alamos, New Mexico...
, and Professor David Reichman of Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
, for their ground breaking developments in statistical mechanics and seminal contributions to the dynamics of disordered condensed matter.
The 2006 joint winners were Professor Yuri Kovchegov of Ohio State University
Ohio State University
The Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State, is a public research university located in Columbus, Ohio. It was originally founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the third largest university campus in the United States...
, for his work in quantum chromodynamics
Quantum chromodynamics
In theoretical physics, quantum chromodynamics is a theory of the strong interaction , a fundamental force describing the interactions of the quarks and gluons making up hadrons . It is the study of the SU Yang–Mills theory of color-charged fermions...
at very high energies and gluon
Gluon
Gluons are elementary particles which act as the exchange particles for the color force between quarks, analogous to the exchange of photons in the electromagnetic force between two charged particles....
densities, and Professor Thomas Glasmacher of Michigan State University
Michigan State University
Michigan State University is a public research university in East Lansing, Michigan, USA. Founded in 1855, it was the pioneer land-grant institution and served as a model for future land-grant colleges in the United States under the 1862 Morrill Act.MSU pioneered the studies of packaging,...
, for developing new sensitive methods of studying nuclear structure, utilizing Coulomb excitation
Coulomb excitation
Coulomb excitation is a technique in experimental nuclear physics to probe the electromagnetic aspect of nuclear structure. In coulomb excitation, a nucleus is excited by an inelastic collision with another nucleus through the electromagnetic interaction...
with fast beams of rare isotopes.
The 2007 joint winners were Professor Clare M. Waterman-Storer and Professor Frank Jülicher.
Xiaoliang Sunney Xie
Xiaoliang Sunney Xie
Xiaoliang Sunney Xie is the Mallinckrodt Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Harvard University. Xie is considered a founding father of single-molecule enzymology. He has also made major contributions to biomedical imaging by developing CARS microscopy.Xie received a B.S. in chemistry...
(2003), Juan Maldacena and Michael R. Douglas
Michael R. Douglas
Michael R. Douglas is an American theoretical physicist and professor currently at Stony Brook University.Michael R. Douglas was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the son of Nancy and Ronald G. Douglas, a mathematician specializing in operator algebras. He received his bachelor's degree in physics...
have also won this prize.
For 2008, the age limit has been raised to 45 and the prize money to $50,000.
There is also a Raymond and Beverly Sackler Prize in Music Composition, the purpose of which is to provide financial support for the creation of new musical works, and which is administered by the School of Fine Arts at the University of Connecticut. Begun in 2002, the international award offers a substantial recognition including public performances, recordings, and a prize of $20,000 (USD). The 2008 winner was Nathan Currier
Nathan Currier
- Biography :Coming from a musical family, composer Nathan Kind Currier is son of composer Marilyn Currier and brother of composer Sebastian Currier ....
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