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Roman Bezrukavnikov and Dor Minzer Awarded National Academy of Sciences Prizes
Roman Bezrukavnikov and Dor Minzer will be receiving two prizes awarded by the National Academy of Sciences.
Roman Bezrukavnikov will be receiving the 2026 Maryam Mirzakhani Prize in Mathematics for his varied and profound contributions to geometric representation theory. Previous award recipient includes Larry Guth in 2020.
Dor Minzer (together with collaborators Irit Dinur, Subhash Khot, Guy Kindler, and Muli Safra) will be receiving the 2026 Michael and Sheila Held Prize. They are being recognized for their groundbreaking work on the 2-to-2 games theorem. Read more about their work in Quanta magazine.
Congratulations, Roman and Dor!
Tobias Holck Colding Awarded Rolf Schock Prize
The Rolf Schock Prize in Mathematics has been awarded to Tobias Holck Colding “for profound contributions to the theory of minimal surfaces and geometric flows”.
The Rolf Schock Prizes are awarded every two years and the selection of laureates is done in collaboration between three Swedish academies: the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, and the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. This year’s Schock Prizes reward innovative jazz and research on geometric flows.
Read more about Toby's award at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
Congratulations, Toby!
Nike Sun Awarded Joan and Joseph Birman Fellowship for the Advancement of Women Scholars
The 2026-2027 Joan and Joseph Birman Fellowship for the Advancement of Women Scholars has been awarded to Nike Sun.
The Joan and Joseph Birman Fellowship is "specially designed for the mathematics community with the goal of advancing the participation and success of women in mathematics”.
Read more about Nike's award at the American Mathematical Society.
Congratulations, Nike!
Zhiwei Yun To Be Awarded AMS Chevalley Prize
The AMS Chevalley Prize will be awarded to Zhiwei Yun (and shared with Tasho Kaletha from U. of Bonn) at the Joint Math Meeting in 2026. Zhiwei Yun is being recognized for his influential contributions to geometric representation theory and its applications to number theory.
The Chevalley Prize in Lie Theory is given biennially for notable work in Lie theory published during the preceding six years. The prize was established in 2014 by George Lusztig to honor Claude Chevalley (1909-1984), a founding member of the Bourbaki group.
Read more about the award at the American Mathematical Society.
Congratulations, Zhiwei!