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Professor Jack Thorne awarded Adams Prize 2022

23 March 2022

The 2022 Adams Prize has been awarded to Professor Jack Thorne of the University of Cambridge, for his work in the field of Number Theory. The Adams Prize is awarded jointly each year by the Faculty of Mathematics and St John’s College, Cambridge, to UK-based researchers under the age of 40 doing first class international research in the Mathematical Sciences.

Professor Anne-Christine Davis and Dr Sunny Vagnozzi awarded 2021 Buchalter Cosmology Prize

3 February 2022

Professor Anne-Christine Davis and Dr Sunny Vagnozzi have been awarded a 2021 Buchalter Cosmology Prize for their paper 'Direct detection of dark energy: the XENON1T excess and future prospects'. The annual prize seeks to reward new ideas or discoveries that have the potential to produce a breakthrough advance in our understanding of the origin, structure, and evolution of the universe.

New Institute of Computing for Climate Science (ICCS) announced

20 January 2022

DAMTP is proud to host the new Institute of Computing for Climate Science (ICCS), one of four centres forming the Schmidt Futures’ Virtual Institute of Scientific Software (VISS) network. The ICCS will be led by Professor Emily Shuckburgh and is a collaboration with Cambridge Zero, the Department of Computer Science and Technology, and University Information Services.  

Professor Julia Gog to help present 2021 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

18 December 2021

DAMTP's Professor Julia Gog will join Jonathan Van-Tam as a Guest Lecturer for this year's Royal Institution Christmas Lectures. The 2021 lectures, titled Going viral - how Covid changed science forever, will be screened on BBC Four and BBC iPlayer between Christmas and New Year, and will later be available for a global audience via the Royal Institution website.

Hawking Centre for Theoretical Cosmology named Intel oneAPI Center of Excellence

29 October 2021

The Stephen Hawking Centre for Theoretical Cosmology in DAMTP is building on its existing collaboration with Intel to become an Intel oneAPI Center of Excellence. The oneAPI Center of Excellence will focus on advancing cosmological research, open-source code development, and in situ compute and visualisation, as well as teaching computational and visualisation coding techniques.

Dr Daria Frank wins L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women In Science 2021 Rising Talent Award

20 September 2021

Dr Daria Frank (DAMTP) has won the L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women In Science 2021 Rising Talent Mathematics and Computer Science Award, for her research on controlling multiphase turbulent jets and plumes in order to protect our environment.

Professor Jack Thorne awarded 2022 New Horizons in Mathematics Prize

10 September 2021

Professor Jack Thorne FRS (DPMMS) has been awarded the 2022 New Horizons in Mathematics Prize, for his transformative contributions to diverse areas of algebraic number theory. The $100,000 New Horizons prizes are awarded annually by the Breakthrough Prize Foundation to early career researchers who have already made a substantial impact on their fields. 

Applications now open for the Adams Prize 2021-22

7 September 2021

Applications are invited for the 2021-22 Adams Prize, one of the oldest and most prestigious prizes in the University of Cambridge.  The prize will be awarded this year for achievements in the field of Number Theory.  The deadline for receipt of applications is 31 October 2021.

Professor Michael Green FRS awarded Royal Medal 2021

31 August 2021

Professor Michael Green FRS has been awarded the Royal Society's 2021 Royal Medal for his crucial and influential contributions to the development of string theory over a long period, including the discovery of anomaly cancellation. The Royal Medals, also known as the Queen’s Medals, are awarded annually by HM the Queen on the recommendation of the Council of the Royal Society, in recognition of important and distinguished contributions in the physical, biological and applied sciences.

Adams Prize Winners 2020-21 Announced

28 July 2021

The Adams Prize 2020-21 has been awarded jointly to Professor Mahir Hadžić and Professor Jeffrey Galkowski, both of University College London, for their work in the field of Evolution Equations. The Adams Prize is awarded jointly each year by the Faculty of Mathematics and St John’s College, Cambridge, to UK-based researchers under the age of 40 doing first class international research in the Mathematical Sciences.