Shaw Prize 2020: Winners

Recipients

1. Astronomy

   Roger Blandford

   Physics

   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. Life Science and Medicine

   Georg Nagel, Gero Miesenböck, Peter Hegemann

   Biology

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

3. Mathematical Sciences

   Alexander Beilinson, David Kazhdan

   Math

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