Thuréus Prize to Stefano Moretti

The Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala awarded on September 3 the Thuréus Prize at a ceremony in Lewinsalen, Gamla Torget. The prize in the Physical-Mathematical class with a prize sum of SEK 100,000 was awarded to Professor Stefano Moretti at the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Uppsala University.

He was awarded the prize “for your significant efforts in supersymmetric theory with observables for the discovery of new physics beyond the standard model of particle physics”.

“I feel privileged to have received this prize, which will spur me to explore new research directions. This award is in recognition of the work done over the years by not only myself but also innumerable collaborators both in Sweden and abroad. Hence, much credit goes to them too”, says Stefano Moretti.

The Thuréus Prizes originate in a donation by the late doctor and Uppsala student Sven Thuréus, through the formation of the Lilly and Sven Thuréus’ fund for Nature and Culture.

The Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala was founded in 1710 and is Sweden’s oldest science academy. It is still an active and engaged academy that, among other things, supports Swedish research of the highest quality by awarding prizes and rewards to deserving researchers.

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Prizes from the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala (in Swedish)

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