KAVLI PRIZE COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS
The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has appointed three Kavli Prize Committees on the basis of nominations received by leading international academies and other equivalent scientific organizations. Nominations for the committees were provided by:
The Chinese Academy of Sciences
The French Academy of Sciences
The Max Planck Society (Germany)
The National Academy of Sciences (US)
The Royal Society (UK)
KAVLI PRIZE COMMITTEES
These distinguished panels of international scientists will review and recommend the Kavli Prize recipients on the basis of the nomination process.
Kavli Prize Committee in Astrophysics
Professor Reinhard Genzel
Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
Garching, Germany
Professor Wallace L.W. Sargent
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California – United States
Professor Harvey Tananbaum
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
Cambridge, Massachusetts – United States
Professor Scott Tremaine
Institute for Advanced Study
Princeton, New Jersey – United States
Professor Oddbjørn Engvold (Chair)
University of Oslo
Oslo, Norway
Kavli Prize Committee in Nanoscience
Professor Chunli Bai
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of
Chemistry
Beijing, China
Professor Mostafa A El-Sayed
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, Georgia – United States
Professor Klaus von Klitzing
Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
Stuttgart, Germany
Professor Cherry Murray
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Livermore, California – United States
Professor Arne Skjeltorp (Chair)
University of Oslo
Oslo, Norway
Kavli Prize Committee in Neuroscience
Professor Linda Buck
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Seattle, Washington – United States
Professor Jean-Pierre Changeux
Institute Pasteur
Paris, France
Professor Eric Kandel
Columbia University
New York, New York – United States
Professor Bert Sakmann
Max Planck Institute for Medical Research
Heidelberg, Germany
Professor Jon Storm-Mathisen (Chair)
University of Oslo
Oslo, Norway
