2012 Kavli Prize Winners

Biennial Kavli Prizes are presented to scientists in astrophysics, nanoscience, and neuroscience.

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Kavli Foundation announced this year’s winners today (May 31), which include seven scientists in astrophysics, nanoscience, and neuroscience.

In nanoscience, Mildred S. Dresselhaus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was “recognized for her pioneering contributions to the study of phonons, electron-phonon interactions, and thermal transport in nanostructures,” According to the Foundation’s announcement. Dresselhaus has led research investigating bismuth nanowires and carbon nanotubes.

The 2012 laureates in neuroscience, "recognized for elucidating basic neuronal mechanisms underlying perception and decision," are Cornelia Isabella Bargmann of Rockefeller University, who investigates sensory responses in C. elegans; Winfried Denk of Max Planck Institute for Medical Research in Germany, who images brain circuits; and Ann M. Graybiel at MIT, whose research elucidates brain states that contribute to the dysregulation of behavior patterns.

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