The Sackler Prize can indicate any of the following three awards established by

Raymond Sackler Raymond Sackler (February 16, 1920 – July 17, 2017) was an American physician and businessman. He acquired Purdue Pharma together with his brothers Arthur M. Sackler and Mortimer Sackler. Purdue Pharma is the developer of OxyContin, the dru ...

and his wife

Beverly Sackler The Sackler family is an American family who founded and owned the pharmaceutical companies Purdue Pharma and Mundipharma. Purdue Pharma, and some members of the family, have faced lawsuits regarding overprescription of addictive pharmaceutical ...

currently bestowed by the

Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv University (TAU) ( he, אוּנִיבֶרְסִיטַת תֵּל אָבִיב, ''Universitat Tel Aviv'') is a public research university in Tel Aviv, Israel. With over 30,000 students, it is the largest university in the country. Locate ...

Sackler Prize in the Physical Sciences

The Raymond and Beverly Sackler International Prize in the Physical Sciences is a $40,000 prize in the disciplines of either

physics Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge which rel ...

or chemistry awarded by

each year for young scientists who have made outstanding and fundamental contributions in their fields. There is an age limit for all nominees. Nominations for the Sackler Prize can be made by individuals in any of the following categories: 1) Faculty of Physics, Astronomy or Chemistry departments in institutions of higher learning worldwide. 2) Presidents, Rectors, vice-presidents, Provosts and Deans, of institutions of higher learning worldwide. 3) Directors of laboratories worldwide. 4) Sackler Prize laureates. For 2008, the age limit has been raised to 45 and the prize money to $50,000.

Winners

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Tel Aviv University
Physics �
Tel Aviv University
*2000 prize for Physics (Theoretical High Energy Physics): Michael R. Douglas (

Rutgers University Rutgers University (; RU), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's College, and wa ...

) and

Juan Martin Maldacena Juan Martín Maldacena (born September 10, 1968) is an Argentine theoretical physicist and the Carl P. Feinberg Professor in the School of Natural Sciences at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. He has made significant contributions to ...

(

Institute for Advanced Study The Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), located in Princeton, New Jersey, in the United States, is an independent center for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. It has served as the academic home of internationally preeminent scholar ...

, Princeton), for work "beyond the 1975 synthesis known as the 'Standard Model' and within the framework of (supersymmetrical)

String String or strings may refer to: *String (structure), a long flexible structure made from threads twisted together, which is used to tie, bind, or hang other objects Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Strings'' (1991 film), a Canadian anim ...

M-theory M-theory is a theory in physics that unifies all consistent versions of superstring theory. Edward Witten first conjectured the existence of such a theory at a string theory conference at the University of Southern California in 1995. Witte ...

." *2001 prize for Chemistry (Physical Chemistry of Advanced Materials): Moungi B. Bawendi ( MIT) and James R. Heath (

UCLA The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a Normal school, teachers colle ...

) "for their seminal contributions to the discovery, development and fundamental and applied studies of nanoscale materials." *2002 prize for Physics (Physics of Engineered Materials): Leo P. Kouwenhoven (

Delft University of Technology Delft University of Technology ( nl, Technische Universiteit Delft), also known as TU Delft, is the oldest and largest Dutch public technical university, located in Delft, Netherlands. As of 2022 it is ranked by QS World University Rankings among ...

) for the "understanding of electronic states and charge transport in sub-micron systems" and Ullrich Steiner (

Cambridge University , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

) "for innovative discoveries in the analysis and control of the structure." *2003 prize for Chemistry (Advanced Nanostructed Materials): Chad A. Mirkin (

Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world. Chart ...

) and Xiaoliang Sunney Xie (

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ...

) "for their seminal contributions to the discovery, design, fabrication and characterization of nano-structure materials, including complex macromolecules and single molecules with biological significance." *2004 prize for Physics (Observational or Theoretical Astronomy and Astrophysics): Andrea M. Ghez (

) "for her pioneering high-resolution infrared observations that provide evidence for, and establish the mass of, the supermassive blackhole in the center of the galaxy" and

Adam G. Riess Adam Guy Riess (born December 16, 1969) is an American astrophysicist and Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at Johns Hopkins University and the Space Telescope Science Institute. He is known for his research in using supernovae as cosmological ...

(

Space Telescope Science Institute The Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) is the science operations center for the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), science operations and mission operations center for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), and science operations center for the ...

in Baltimore, Maryland) "for his contributions to the observational study of distant Type Ia supernovae that reveal the accelerating expansion of the universe and the possible existence of dark energy." *2005 prize for Chemistry (Theoretical Chemistry):

Christoph Dellago Christoph is a male given name and surname. It is a German variant of Christopher. Notable people with the given name Christoph * Christoph Bach (1613–1661), German musician * Christoph Büchel (born 1966), Swiss artist * Christoph Dientzenhofe ...

(

University of Vienna The University of Vienna (german: Universität Wien) is a public research university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world. With its long and rich h ...

Christopher Jarzynski Christopher Jarzynski is an American physicist and Distinguished University Professor at University of Maryland's Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of Physics, and Institute for Physical Science and Technology, and fellow of the ...

(

Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos National Laboratory (often shortened as Los Alamos and LANL) is one of the sixteen research and development laboratories of the United States Department of Energy (DOE), located a short distance northwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico, i ...

) and

David Reichman David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...

(

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manha ...

), "for their ground-breaking developments in statistical mechanics and seminal contributions to the dynamics of disordered condensed matter." *2006 prize in Physics:

Yuri Kovchegov Yuri Kovchegov (born 1973) is an American physicist. Biography Kovchegov obtained his bachelor's degree from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in 1993 and two years later got his master's from Columbia University following by Ph.D. in ...

(

Ohio State University The Ohio State University, commonly called Ohio State or OSU, is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio. A member of the University System of Ohio, it has been ranked by major institutional rankings among the best pu ...

) for 'his work in

quantum chromodynamics In theoretical physics, quantum chromodynamics (QCD) is the theory of the strong interaction between quarks mediated by gluons. Quarks are fundamental particles that make up composite hadrons such as the proton, neutron and pion. QCD is a ty ...

at very high energies and

gluon A gluon ( ) is an elementary particle that acts as the exchange particle (or gauge boson) for the strong force between quarks. It is analogous to the exchange of photons in the electromagnetic force between two charged particles. Gluons bi ...

densities' and Thomas Glasmacher (

Michigan State University Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the fi ...

) for 'developing new sensitive methods of studying nuclear structure, utilizing

Coulomb excitation Coulomb excitation is a technique in experimental nuclear physics to probe the electromagnetic aspect of nuclear structure. In coulomb excitation, a nucleus is excited by an inelastic collision with another nucleus through the electromagnetic intera ...

with fast beams of rare isotopes'. *2007 for Chemistry (for Metals in Synthesis):

Christopher C. Cummins Christopher "Kit" Colin Cummins (born February 28, 1966) is an American chemist, currently the Henry Dreyfus Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has made contributions to the coordination chemistry of transition metal n ...

(Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and

John F. Hartwig John F. Hartwig is an American organometallic chemist who holds the position of Henry Rapoport Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley. His laboratory traditionally focuses on developing transition metal-catalyzed reacti ...

(University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) *2008 prize for Physics (Physics Beyond the Standard Model in the LHC Era):

Nima Arkani-Hamed Nima Arkani-Hamed ( fa, نیما ارکانی حامد; born April 5, 1972) is an American-Canadian

(Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton) for 'his novel, deep and highly influential contributions to new paradigms for physics beyond the Standard Model at the TeV energy scale, especially the ideas of large extra dimensions and of the large hierarchy of strengths of fundamental forces in Nature, including gravity; supersymmetry model-building; theories of flavor and of neutrino masses; and models of the cosmological constant' *2009 prize for Chemistry (Total Synthesis of Biologically Active Natural Products):

Phil S. Baran Phil S. Baran (born August 10, 1977) is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the Scripps Research Institute and Member of the Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology.

(Scripps Research Institute, Department of Chemistry, La Jolla) for 'his seminal contribution through a series of groundbreaking syntheses that demonstrated the advantages of the novel oxidative CC bond formation in terms of efficiency, practicality, stereocontrol and "redox-economy"' ;

Matthew D. Shair Matthew may refer to: * Matthew (given name) * Matthew (surname) * ''Matthew'' (ship), the replica of the ship sailed by John Cabot in 1497 * ''Matthew'' (album), a 2000 album by rapper Kool Keith * Matthew (elm cultivar), a cultivar of the C ...

(Harvard University} for 'his seminal contribution to the syntheses of complex natural products by using new cascade reactions to rapidly achieve molecular complexity' and Brian M. Stoltz (California Institute of Technology, Pasadena) for 'his seminal contribution through the development of enatioselective methods for oxidation and catalytic bond construction'. *2010 prize for Physics (Nano-Photonics and Nano-Plasmonics):

Mark L. Brongersma Mark may refer to: Currency * Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark, the currency of Bosnia and Herzegovina * East German mark, the currency of the German Democratic Republic * Estonian mark, the currency of Estonia between 1918 and 1927 * Fi ...

(Geballe Laboratory of Advanced Materials, Stanford University) for 'outstanding experimental and theoretical research in nano-plasmonics and nano-photonics; in particular on the emission of light from nano-structures that support propagating surface plasmons' and

Stefan A. Maier Stefan may refer to: * Stefan (given name) * Stefan (surname) * Ștefan, a Romanian given name and a surname * Štefan, a Slavic given name and surname * Stefan (footballer) (born 1988), Brazilian footballer * Stefan Heym, pseudonym of German writ ...

(Imperial College, London)for 'outstanding theoretical and experimental research in nano-plasmonics and nano-photonics; in particular on the propagation of surface plasmons-polaritons along a chain of metallic nano-particles' *2011 prize for Chemistry (Molecular Dynamics of Chemical Reactions): Gregory D. Scholes (University of Toronto) for 'his seminal contribution to the field of ultrafast spectroscopy' and Martin T. Zanni (University of Wisconsin-Madison) for 'his seminal contribution to the field of ultrafast spectroscopy'. *2012 prize for Physics (Study of Extra-solar Planets): David Charbonneau (Harvard University} for 'his breakthrough discoveries, including the first detections of transiting extra-solar planets and spectroscopic observations of their atmosphere' and Sara Seager (MIT) for 'her brilliant theoretical studies, including analysis of the atmospheres and internal compositions of extra-solar planets'. *2013 prize for Chemistry (Functionalization of Carbon-Hydrogen Bonds in Organic Synthesis):

Melanie S. Sanford Melanie Sarah Sanford (born June 16, 1975) is an American chemist, currently the Moses Gomberg Distinguished University Professor of Chemistry and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Chemistry at the University of Michigan. She is a Fellow for the Ame ...

(University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) and Jin-Quan Yu (The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla) for 'their seminal contributions to the catalytic functionalization of carbon – hydrogen bonds' *2014 prize for Physics (Topological Phases in Condensed Matter):

B. Andrei Bernevig Bogdan Andrei Bernevig (born 1978 in Bucharest) is a Romanian Quantum Condensed Matter Professor of Physics at Princeton University and the recipient of the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship in 2017. Biography Andrei Bernevig took part in the Phy ...

(Princeton University) for 'his theoretical contribution towards a first realization of a two dimensional topological insulator' ;

Liang Fu Liang may refer to: Chinese history * Liang (state) (梁) (8th century BC – 641 BC), a Spring and Autumn period state * Wei (state) (403–225 BC), a Warring States period state, also known as Liang (梁) after moving its capital to Daliang * ...

(MIT) for 'his contribution to generalization of the concept of topological insulators from two to three dimensions' and Xiao-Liang Qi (Stanford University) for 'his contribution to the prediction of the quantum anomalous Hall effect in magnetic topological insulators' *2016 prize for Chemistry (Magnetic Resonance): John Morton ( London Centre for Nanotechnology) for 'his outstanding and imaginative applications of magnetic resonance to quantum information storage and processing';

Guido Pintacuda Guido is a given name Latinisation of names, Latinised from the Old High German name Wido. It originated in Medieval Italy. Guido later became a male first name in Austria, Germany, the Low Countries, Scandinavia, Spain, Portugal, Latin America an ...

(Institute of Analytical Sciences (High-Field NMR Centre)) for 'his elegant methodological advances in solid state NMR spectroscopy' and

Charalampos Babis Kalodimos Saint Charalampos ( grc, Ἅγιος Χαράλαμπος) (also variously Charalampas, Charalampus, Charalambos, Haralampus, Haralampos, Haralabos or Haralambos) was an early Christian priest in Magnesia on the Maeander, a city in Asia Minor, i ...

(University of Minnesota) for 'detailed characterizations of structure, function and dynamics in a number of challenging and important biological systems through solution NMR spectroscopy'. *2017 prize for Biophysics (Mesoscopic physics of cellular phenomena):

Tuomas Knowles Tuomas Knowles is a British scientist and Professor of Physical Chemistry and Biophysics at the Department of Chemistry and at the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge. He is the co-director of the Cambridge Centre for Misfolding Dis ...

(University of Cambridge) for 'elucidating physical principles of amyloid fibril formation with important applications in biology and medicine'. *2018 price for Physics (Quantum Field Theory): Zohar Komargodski (Weizmann Institute, Israel) and Pedro Vieira (Perimeter Institute, Canada) for 'their outstanding work probing QFT in non-perturbative regimes'. *2019 prize for Chemistry:

Christopher Chang Christopher J. Chang is a professor of chemistry and of molecular and cell biology at the University of California, Berkeley, where he holds the Class of 1942 Chair. Chang is also a member of the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, a Howard Hugh ...

(University of California, Berkeley), (University of Cambridge) and

Matthew Disney Matthew may refer to: * Matthew (given name) * Matthew (surname) * ''Matthew'' (ship), the replica of the ship sailed by John Cabot in 1497 * ''Matthew'' (album), a 2000 album by rapper Kool Keith * Matthew (elm cultivar), a cultivar of the C ...

(Scripps Research in Florida).

Sackler Prize in Biophysics

Th
Raymond and Beverly Sackler International Prize in Biophysics
is intended to encourage dedication to science, originality and excellence by rewarding outstanding scientists. The prizes are awarded by

. Recipients have been: (Source
Tel Aviv University
) *2006:

Harvey T. McMahon Harvey, Harveys or Harvey's may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Harvey'' (play), a 1944 play by Mary Chase about a man befriended by an invisible anthropomorphic rabbit * Harvey Awards ("Harveys"), one of the most important awards ...

( MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge) and

Paul R. Selvin Paul may refer to: * Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) * Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chr ...

(University of Illinois) *2007:

Clare M. Waterman-Storer Clare may refer to: Places Antarctica * Clare Range, a mountain range in Victoria Land Australia * Clare, South Australia, a town in the Clare Valley * Clare Valley, South Australia Canada * Clare (electoral district), an electoral district * ...

(Scripps Research Institute, Department of Cell Biology, La Jolla, California) and

Frank Jülicher Frank or Franks may refer to: People * Frank (given name) * Frank (surname) * Franks (surname) * Franks, a medieval Germanic people * Frank, a term in the Muslim world for all western Europeans, particularly during the Crusades - see Farang Cu ...

(Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems in Dresden, Germany). *2008: David Baker (University of Washington) ;

Martin Gruebele Martin Gruebele (born January 10, 1964 in Stuttgart, Germany) is a German-born American physical chemist and biophysicist who is currently James R. Eiszner Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Physics, Professor of Biophysics and Computational Biol ...

(University of Illinois) and

Jonathan S. Weissman Jonathan may refer to: * Jonathan (name), a masculine given name Media * ''Jonathan'' (1970 film), a German film directed by Hans W. Geißendörfer * ''Jonathan'' (2016 film), a German film directed by Piotr J. Lewandowski * ''Jonathan'' (2018 ...

(University of California, San Francisco) *2010:

Gerhard Hummer Gerhard is a name of Germanic origin and may refer to: Given name * Gerhard (bishop of Passau) (fl. 932–946), German prelate * Gerhard III, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg (1292–1340), German prince, regent of Denmark * Gerhard Barkhorn (1919–1 ...

(National Institutes of Health, Bethesda) and

Yigong Shi Shi Yigong (; born May 1967) is a Chinese biophysicist who serves as founding and the current president of Westlake University since April 2018. He previously served as vice president of Tsinghua University from 2015 to 2018 and dean of Tsing ...

(School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing) *2011:

Stephen R. Quake Stephen Ronald Quake (born 1969) is an American scientist, inventor and entrepreneur. He earned his B.S. in physics and M.S. in mathematics from Stanford in 1991 and his D.Phil. in physics from Oxford University in 1994 as a Marshall Scholar. Hi ...

(Stanford University) and

Xiaowei Zhuang Xiaowei Zhuang (; born January 1972) is a Chinese-American biophysicist who is the David B. Arnold Jr. Professor of Science, Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, and Professor of Physics at Harvard University, and an Investigator at the H ...

(Harvard University)

Sackler Prize in Music Composition

There is also a Raymond and Beverly Sackler Prize in Music Composition, the purpose of which is to provide financial support for the creation of new musical works, and which is administered by the School of Fine Arts at the University of Connecticut. Established in 2000, the international award offers a substantial recognition including public performances, recordings, and a prize of $25,000 (USD). * 2002: Gabriella Lena Frank * 2003: Karim Al-Zand * 2006:

Rufus Reid Rufus Reid (born February 10, 1944, in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American jazz bassist, educator, and composer. Biography Reid was raised in Sacramento, California, where he played the trumpet through junior high and high school. Upon graduation ...

* 2007: Sheila Silver * 2008: Nathan Currier * 2009:

J. Mark Scearce J. Mark Scearce (born October 9, 1960) is an American composer known for his musical settings of more than 200 texts by forty poets—from art songs to operas to works for chorus and orchestra. Early life J. Mark Scearce was born in Edina, Mis ...

* 2012: Kevin Walcyzk * 2013:

Steven Sametz Steven Sametz (born 1954, Westport, Connecticut) is active as both conductor and composer. He has been hailed as "one of the most respected choral composers in America." Since 1979, he has been on the faculty of Lehigh University in Bethlehem ...

* 2015: David Dzubay

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