ウルフ賞 2008: 勝者

受賞者

1. 農業

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

   生物学

   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. 化学

   Allen J. Bard, William E. Moerner

   化学

   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. 数学

   David Mumford

   数学

   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. 数学

   Phillip A. Griffiths

   数学

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

5. 数学

   Pierre Deligne

   数学

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