Premio Shaw 2020: Ganadores

Destinatarios

1. Astronomía

   Roger Blandford

   Física

   For his foundational contributions to theoretical astrophysics, especially concerning the fundamental understanding of active galactic nuclei, the formation and collimation of relativistic jets, the energy extraction mechanism from black holes, and the acceleration of particles in shocks and their relevant radiation mechanisms.

2. Ciencias de la vida y medicina

   Georg Nagel, Gero Miesenböck, Peter Hegemann

   Biología

   For the development of optogenetics, a technology that has revolutionized neuroscience.

3. Ciencias Matemáticas

   Alexander Beilinson, David Kazhdan

   Matemáticas

   For their huge influence on and profound contributions to representation theory, as well as many other areas of mathematics.