Wolf Prize 2017: Winners

Recipients

1. Chemistry

   Robert G. Bergman

   Chemistry

   for the discovery of the activation of C-H bonds of hydrocarbons by soluble transition metal complexes.

2. Mathematics

   Charles Fefferman, Richard Schoen

   Math

   for their striking contributions to analysis and geometry.

3. Medicine

   James P. Allison

   Biology

   for sparking a revolution in cancer therapy through (his) discovery of immune checkpoint blockade.

4. Physics

   Didier Queloz

   Physics

   For the first discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star.

5. Physics

   Michel Mayor

   Physics

   for the first discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star.