Arkani-Hamed wins Sackler prize in the physical sciences

Tel Aviv University is proud to announce that the 2008 Raymond and Beverly Sackler Prize in the Physical Sciences [1] in the researchfield “Physics Beyond the Standard Model in the LHC Era” has been awarded to Nima Arkani-Hamed, School of Natural Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, USA, 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.

Previous recipients of the Sackler prize include Michael Douglas, Rutgers University and Juan Maldacena, Inst. Advanced Study, Princeton (2000) for their contributions to String Theory, as well as Thomas Glasmacher, Michigan State University and Yuri Kovchegov, Ohio State (2006), for their contributions to nuclear and hadronic physics.

The prize in the amount of $50,000 was awarded to the recipient on May 19, 2008, during the annual session of Tel Aviv University.s Board of Governors. Tel Aviv University is honored to administer the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Prize in the Physical Sciences, which is intended to encourage dedication to science, originality and excellence by awarding outstanding scientists.

The Raymond and Beverly Sackler Prize in the Physical Sciences, awarded at Tel Aviv University, has been established through the generosity of Raymond and Mrs. Beverly Sackler.