The Swiss Science Prize Latsis is awarded annually by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) to "researchers up to the age of 40 for outstanding achievements in basic science". Formerly the National Latsis Prize, the laureates are selected by the National Research Council and the SNSF presents the award on behalf of the Latsis Foundation of Geneva.
Laureates Year Awardee Domain of research1984Jürg FröhlichMathematical physics: quantum theory1985Otto Albrecht HallerVirology: resistance to flu viruses1986Ulrich KohliEconomics: analysis of international trade1987John Paul MaierPhysical chemistry: spectroscopic methods for analysing the properties of ionised molecules1988Paul Schmid-Hempel ()Behavioural ecology1989Anne-Nelly Perret-Clermont ()Social psychology and educational sciences1990Goeffrey BodenhausenNuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy1991Susan Margaret Gasser-Wilson ()Cell biology: the role of nucleus proteins in organising and passing on genetic information1992Maria Christina PitassiHistory of theology and philosophy in the 17th and 18th century1993Thomas StockerClimate and environmental physics: the role of the oceans in climate change1994Denis DubouleDevelopmental biology and genetics1995Astrid EpineyHuman rights and international environmental law1996Martin VetterliAudiovisual technology of the future: wavelet theory in communication1997Konrad Basler ()Zoology/developmental biology (drosophila fly)1998Peter SchaberEthics, applied ethics and environmental ethics1999Frédéric Merkt ()Chemical physics of molecules: spectroscopie and dynamics of atoms and molecules in electronically charged states2000Laurent KellerEvolutionary ecology: ant behaviour2001Lorenza Mondada ()Interactional linguistics2002Jérôme FaistSolid state physics: quantum cascade laser2003Silvia ArberNeurobiology: neuronal circuit formation in the developing spinal cord2004Simon GächterEmpirical economics: cooperative behaviour2005Patrick JennyEngineering sciences: computer simulations of complex fluid systems in nature and technology2006Michael HengartnerMolecular biology: study of a model organism, a worm called Caenorhabditis elegans2007Giuliano BonoliPolitical science: role of the welfare state in Europe2008Franz PfeifferX-ray technology2009Mirjam Christ CrainMedicine: biological stress caused by infectious diseases2010Marianne Sommer ()History of science: exploring the life sciences2011Karl GademannChemistry and biology: isolation and synthesis of natural materials2012Jacques FellayGenomics: defence mechanisms against viruses2013David Sander ()Affective science2014Tobias J. Kippenberg ()Physics: quantum optomechanics2015Richard BentonNeurobiology of olfaction2016Alexander Keese ()African history, decolonisation, forced labour2017Xile HuChemical catalysis2018Andrea AblasserImmunology2019Dominik HangartnerPolitical scientist2020Maryna ViazovskaMathematics2021Nicola AcetoMolecular oncology2022Kerstin Vokinger ()Law, medicine and technology2023Lesya ShchutskaPhysics: particle physics2024Mackenzie Weygandt MathisDeep learning for neuroscience2025Saskia StuckiAnimal rights
See also European Latsis Prize
Notes and references
External links Latsis Foundation (English)