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The Kavli Prize Committee

The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters appoints 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 Kavli Prize Committee in Astrophysics

  • Per Barth Lilje (chair), University of Oslo, Norway
  • Beatriz Barbuy, University of Sao Paolo, Brazil
  • Martha Haynes, Cornell University, USA
  • Thomas Henning, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Germany
  • Didier Queloz, ETH Zürich, Switzerland

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The Kavli Prize Committee in Nanoscience

  • Mari-Ann Einarsrud (chair), Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
  • Lifeng Chi, Soochow University, China
  • Daniel Esteve, The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission, France
  • Chad Mirkin, Northwestern University, USA
  • Tanja Weil, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany

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The Kavli Prize Committee in Neuroscience

  • Edvard Moser (chair), Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
  • Peter Dayan, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Germany
  • Mary E. Hatten, Rockefeller University, USA
  • Christine Petit, Institut Pasteur, France
  • Carla Shatz, Stanford University, USA

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