Simon Donaldson awarded Wolf Prize for Mathematics

An Imperial researcher has been jointly awarded the 2020 Wolf Prize for Mathematics, one of the world's most prestigious academic accolades. Professor Sir Simon Donaldson, Chair in Pure Mathematics at Imperial, will receive the Wolf Prize in Mathematics in for his contribution to differential geometry and topology. He shares the $100,000 award with Professor Yakov Eliashberg from Stanford University. The Wolf Prize is one of the most esteemed prizes in the world and - alongside the Fields Medal , which Professor Donaldson also holds - is considered the closest equivalent to a 'Nobel Prize for Mathematics'. The prize is awarded in Israel each year to outstanding scientists and artists from around the world for "achievements in the interest of mankind and friendly relations among peoples". The Wolf Prize follows Professor Donaldson's receipt of the Fields Medal in 1986, and the $3m Breakthrough prize in 2014 . This year's Wolf Prize ceremony takes place on June 11 in Jerusalem.