Shigefumi Mori and George Lusztig win the 2025 Basic Science Lifetime Award in Mathematics
On behalf of the European mathematical community, we congratulate Shigefumi Mori and George Lusztig, who have been awarded the 2025 Basic Science Lifetime Award in Mathematics for their groundbreaking contributions to algebraic geometry and representation theory.
Mori, Professor at Kyoto University, has been recognized "for his fundamental contributions to algebraic geometry, the Minimal Model Program, and profound influence in the classification of higher-dimensional algebraic varieties."
Lusztig, Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), receives the award "for his unparalleled contributions to representation theory, and the profound influence of the theory of Deligne–Lusztig varieties, and Kazhdan–Lusztig theory."
The Basic Science Lifetime Award, established in 2023, honors extraordinary scientists whose work in basic science has brought about fundamental change in their disciplines over the past thirty years or more. The awards were announced on March 21 at a press conference held at Tsinghua University, with the 2025 International Congress of Basic Science scheduled for July.
For more information, visit the International Congress of Basic Science website.
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