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2007 Dannie Heineman Mathematical Physics Prize to Be Awarded this MonthCOLLEGE PARK, MARYLAND, 13 April 2007 —The 2007 Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics will be presented this month at a special awards ceremony at the American Physical Society April Meeting. The mathematical physics prize will go to Joseph G. Polchinski of the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara and Juan Maldacena of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton "for profound developments in mathematical physics that have illuminated interconnections and launched major research areas in quantum field theory, string theory, and gravity." The Mathematical Physics Prize is awarded on behalf of the Heineman Foundation by the American Institute of Physics (AIP) and the American Physical Society (APS) and will be presented at the American Physical Society's April Meeting on April 15, 2007. The award consists of a certificate and $7500 split between the two winners.
The AIP is a membership corporation established to promote the advancement and diffusion of the knowledge of physics and its application to human welfare. Recently celebrating its 75th anniversary, AIP serves its 10 Member Societies through a variety of programs, services, and publications. The APS is the largest professional organization of physicists in the U.S. Its main goal is to advance and diffuse the knowledge of physics. The Heineman Foundation was founded by Dannie Heineman, an engineer, business executive, and admirer of the accomplishments of physicists and astrophysicists. For more information contact Links APS Page on Joseph Polchinski APS Page on Juan Maldacena APS website on Dannie Heineman prize:
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Juan Maldacena received an undergraduate education at the University of Buenos Aires and the Instituto Balseiro, and a Master of Arts degree in 1993 and a PhD in 1996 from Princeton University. He worked at Rutgers University and then at Harvard, becoming a professor in 1999. He is now a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. In 1999 he was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship. He has also won the APS Edward A. Bouchet Award, the UNESCO Husein Prize for Young Scientists, the Sackler Prize in Physics, and the Xanthopoulos Prize in General Relativity.
Joseph Polchinski obtained a BS degree in 1975 from Caltech and a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley in 1980. He has had positions at SLAC, Harvard,
and the University of Texas, before going to UC Santa Barbara in 1992, where he became a member of the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics. Polchinski is the author of a famous two volume textbook called simply "String Theory." He has been a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 2002 and a member of the National Academy of Sciences since 2005.