Prix Wolf 2008 : lauréats

Destinataires

1. Agriculture

   James H. Tumlinson, John A. Pickett, W. Joe Lewis

   Biologie

   for their remarkable discoveries of mechanisms governing plant-insect and plant-plant interactions. Their scientific contributions on chemical ecology have fostered the development of integrated pest management and significantly advanced agricultural sustainability.

2. Chimie

   Allen J. Bard, William E. Moerner

   Chimie

   for the ingenious creation of a new field of science, single molecule spectroscopy and electrochemistry, with impact at the nanoscopic regime, from the molecular and cellular domain to complex material systems.

3. Mathématiques

   David Mumford

   Mathématiques

   for his work on algebraic surfaces, on geometric invariant theory, and for laying the foundations of the modern algebraic theory of moduli of curves and theta functions.

4. Mathématiques

   Phillip A. Griffiths

   Mathématiques

   for his work on variations of Hodge structures, the theory of periods of abelian integrals, and for his contributions to complex differential geometry.

5. Mathématiques

   Pierre Deligne

   Mathématiques

   for his work on mixed Hodge theory, the Weil conjectures, the Riemann-Hilbert correspondence, and for his contributions to arithmetic.