Goldreich wins shaw prize

Peter Goldreich, a professor in the school of natural sciences at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, and the Lee A. DuBridge Professor of Astrophysics and Planetary Physics Emeritus at Caltech, has been named winner of the 2007 Shaw Prize for astronomy by the Shaw Prize Foundation in Hong Kong. The announcement was made in June at foundation headquarters.

Goldreich, who was cited by the foundation for his “lifetime achievements in theoretical astrophysics and planetary sciences,” will receive his prize and a cash purse of $1 million during the award ceremony in September. He is one of four winners of the prize, which is awarded each year in the fields of astronomy, life sciences and medicine, and the mathematical sciences and which honors significant achievements in academic or scientific research or application. The other prizewinners are not involved in physics-related work.