Winners of the 2024 Kavli Prize Announced
| Aspect | Details |
|---|---|
| Event | 2024 Kavli Prize Announcement |
| Date | June 12, 2024 |
| Total Winners | Eight scientists |
| Fields | Astrophysics, Neuroscience, Nanoscience |
| Institutes | Twenty institutes supported by the Kavli Foundation |
| Kavli Foundation | Founded by Fred Kavli in 2000 after selling Kavlico for $340 million |
| Founder | Fred Kavli, born in Erejsford, Norway, moved to the US in 1956, founded Kavlico in 1958 |
| Prize Inception | Announced in 2008, biennial award, 73 winners from 19 countries to date, ten went on to win Nobel Prizes |
| Affiliation of Winners | All eight winners are professors at leading American universities |
| Astrophysics Winners | David Charbonneau (Harvard University), Sara Seager (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) for discoveries of exoplanets and characterisation of their atmospheres |
| Nanoscience Winners | Robert Langer (MIT), Armand Paul Alivisatos (University of Chicago), Chad Mirkin (Northwestern University) for contributions to nanoscience and its applications in medicine and biology |
| Neuroscience Winners | Nancy Kanwisher (MIT), Winrich Freiwald (Rockefeller University), Doris Tsao (University of California at Berkeley) for mapping the linkage between facial recognition and the brain. |