Columbia Professor Louis Brus is among the first recipients of the
Kavli Prize, awarded to pioneering scientists who "...have transformed human knowledge in the fields of nanoscience, neuroscience and astrophysics." The awardees were announced during a live simulcast between Oslo and New York at the opening ceremony of the World Science Festival, which included an address by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
The winners will each receive a scroll and medal and share a $1M
prize awarded under each category. Professor Brus was awarded the
nanoscience prize along with Sumio Iijima, of Meijo University in
Japan. More information can be found on the
Columbia University website.
