Prize Committees 2010

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 Oddbjørn Engvold (Chair)
  University of Oslo
  Oslo, Norway
• Professor Andrew Fabian
  University of Cambridge
  Cambridge, United Kingdom
• Professor Reinhard Genzel
  Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics
  Garching, Germany
• Professor Joseph Silk
  University of Oxford
  Oxford, United Kingdom
• Professor Scott Tremaine
  Institute for Advanced Study
  Princeton, New Jersey – United States

Kavli Prize Committee in Nanoscience

• Professor Paul Alivisatos
  Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
  Livermore, California – United States
• Professor Mostafa A El-Sayed
  Georgia Institute of Technology
  Atlanta, Georgia – United States
• Professor Jianguo Hou
  Hefei National Laboratory for the Physical Sciences
  Anhui, China
• Professor Klaus von Klitzing
  Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
  Stuttgart, Germany
• Professor Arne Skjeltorp (Chair)
  University of Oslo
  Oslo, Norway

Kavli Prize Committee in Neuroscience

• Professor Tobias Bonhoeffer
  Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology
  Planegg, Germany
• Professor Jean-Pierre Changeux
  Institute Pasteur
  Paris, France
• Professor Eric Kandel
  Columbia University
  New York, New York – United States
• Professor Jon Storm-Mathisen (Chair)
  University of Oslo
  Oslo, Norway
• Professor Charles F. Stevens
  Salk Institute
  La Jolla, California – United States

Organization Committees

The Kavli Prize Planning Committee

The Planning Committee is jointly appointed by The Kavli Foundation, the Norwegian Academy, and the Ministry of Education and Research. This Committee will plan the events, assign responsibilities, and coordinate the interactions between the three parties.

The Planning Committee:

• Fred Kavli, Chairman, The Kavli Foundation
• Robert W. Conn, President, The Kavli Foundation
• Karen Nossum Bie, Director of Department, the Ministry of Education and Research
• Vivil Haraldsen, Senior Executive Officer, the Ministry of Education and Research
• Reidun Sirevåg, Secretary General, the Norwegian Academy
• Anne-Marie Aastad, Information Adviser, the Norwegian Academy
• Øyvind Sørensen, Project Manager, the Norwegian Academy

The Kavli Prize Oversight Committee

The Oversight Committee will review the entire prize process at intervals of no less than four years and recommend changes as needed.

This committe to be appointed later.

The Kavli Prize Symposia

The Symposia Committee

The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters will organize three inaugural Kavli Symposia as part of the events surrounding the award ceremony. These lectures will encompass the scope and breadth of each of the scientific fields, and the lecturers will be internationally renowned scientists.

The Symposia Committee:

• Professor Mats Carlsson
• Professor Yuri Galperin
• Professor Edvard Moser
• Professor Jon Storm-Mathisen
• Professor Thomas Tybell

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