The recipients from Bristol are Dr Harald Helfgott, who works in number theory, Diophantine geometry and group theory; and Professor Andreas Winter, who works in quantum information.
Leverhulme Prizes for Bristol mathematicians
Two academics in the Department of Mathematics have been awarded a Philip Leverhulme Prize.
Two academics in the Department of Mathematics have been awarded a 2008 Philip Leverhulme Prize. These Prizes, with a value of £70,000 each, are awarded by the
Leverhulme Trust to outstanding young scholars who have made a substantial and recognised contribution to their particular field of study, who are recognised at an international level, and whose future contributions are held to be of correspondingly high promise.