Shaw Prize 2014: Winners

Recipients

1. Astronomy

   Daniel Eisenstein, John A. Peacock, Shaun Cole

   Physics

   For their contributions to the measurements of features in the large-scale structure of galaxies used to constrain the cosmological model including baryon acoustic oscillations and redshift-space distortions.

2. Life Science and Medicine

   Kazutoshi Mori, Peter Walter

   Biology

   For their discovery of the Unfolded Protein Response of the endoplasmic reticulum, a cell signalling pathway that controls organelle homeostasis and quality of protein export in eukaryotic cells.

3. Mathematical Sciences

   George Lusztig

   Math

   For his fundamental contributions to algebra, algebraic geometry, and representation theory, and for weaving these subjects together to solve old problems and reveal beautiful new connections.