The official Crafoord Prize Lectures in honour of the Crafoord Laureates 2020, 2021 and 2022.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2020 Crafoord Prize in Mathematics to Enrico Bombieri, School of Mathematics, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA, ”for outstanding and influential contributions in all the major areas of mathematics, particularly number theory, analysis and algebraic geometry”.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2020 Crafoord Prize in Astronomy to Eugene N. Parker (1927-2022), University of Chicago, USA, ”for pioneering and fundamental studies of the solar wind and magnetic fields from stellar to galactic scales”. Nicola Fox, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters, USA, on behalf of the late Crafoord Laureate Eugene N. Parker,
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2021 Crafoord Prize in Polyarthritis to Daniel L. Kastner, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA, ”for establishing the concept of autoinflammatory diseases”.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2022 Crafoord Prize in Geosciences to Andrew H. Knoll, Harvard University, USA, “for fundamental contributions to our understanding of the first three billion years of life on Earth and life’s interactions with the physical environment through time”.
Programme
09:30
Presentation of the Crafoord Prize
Nils Dencker, Chair of the Crafoord Prize Committee in Mathematics
09:35
Introduction of the Crafoord Laureate in Mathematics 2020
Per Salberger, Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
09:45
The zeta function: a mystery 283 years old
Crafoord Laureate in Mathematics Enrico Bombieri, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, USA
10:20
Questions from the audience
10:30
Coffee break
10:50
Introduction of the Crafoord Laureate in Astronomy 2020
Dainis Dravins, Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
11:00
The Challenge of Exploring Our Sun: the 60-Year Odyssey to Parker Solar Probe
Nicola Fox, Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, USA, on behalf of the late Crafoord Laureate Eugene N. Parker, University of Chicago, USA
11:35
Questions from the audience
11:45
Lunch, included for registered participants
12:45
Introduction of the Crafoord Laureate in Polyarthritis 2021
Rikard Holmdahl, Member of the Crafoord Prize Committee in Polyarthritis
12:55
Cutting the Gordian Knots of Inflammation with the Shears of Genomics
Crafoord Laureate Daniel L. Kastner, National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
13:30
Questions from the audience
13:40
Coffee break
14:00
Introduction of the Crafoord Laureate in Geosciences 2022
Daniel Conley, Member of the Crafoord Prize Committee in Geosciences
14:10
The Deep History of Life
Crafoord Laureate, Andrew H. Knoll, Harvard University, USA
14:45
Questions from the audience
14:55
End of Prize Lectures
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