Lorenzo Gavassino receives 2026 George E. Valley Jr. Prize from APS
Lorenzo Gavassino, who was a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Mathematics from 2022 to 2025, was recently announced by the American Physical Society as the 2026 recipient of the George E. Valley Jr. Prize. According to the APS web site, the award is given to recognize an early-career individual for an outstanding scientific contribution to physics that is deemed to have significant potential for a dramatic impact on the field. The prize consists of $10,000, an allowance for travel to the APS Medal and Prize Ceremony and Reception in Washington, D.C., and an invited talk at an APS March or April Meeting. The award is restricted to those within 5 years of obtaining their PhD.
Lorenzo’s award is specifically awarded “for contributions to the field of relativistic viscous fluid dynamics that settled longstanding questions about the relation between stability and causality.”
For more about Lorenzo and the award, read the article in APS news: https://www.aps.org/apsnews/2025/11/valley-prize-gavassino
Congratulations, Lorenzo!