Wolf Prize

Wolf Prize 1999: Winners

Recipients

  1. Chemistry

    Raymond U. Lemieux

    Chemistry

    for his fundamental and seminal contributions to the study and synthesis of oligosaccharides and to the elucidation of their role in molecular recognition in biological systems.

  2. Mathematics

    Elias M. Stein

    Math

    for his contributions to classical and 'Euclidean' Fourier analysis and for his exceptional impact on a new generation of analysts through his eloquent teaching and writing.

  3. Mathematics

    László Lovász

    Math

    for his outstanding contributions to combinatorics, theoretical computer science and combinatorial optimization.

  4. Medicine

    Eric R. Kandel

    Biology

    for the elucidation of the organismic, cellular and molecular mechanisms whereby short term memory is converted to a long term form.

  5. Physics

    Dan Shechtman

    Physics

    for the experimental discovery of quasi-crystals, non periodic solids having long-range order, which inspired the exploration of a new fundamental state of matter.