The award ceremony took place on the Evening of Science & Society, October 9 in the Pieterskerk, Leiden.
Webb and Obungoloch received a check worth € 25,000 and a bronze sculpture by artist Wil van der Laan from the hands of outgoing minister Robbert Dijkgraaf of Education, Culture and Science. Moreover, Webb and Obungoloch are offered a workshop by the Lorentz Center.
We congratulate the winners and we are looking forward to organize a workshop with them.
For more information on the Huibregtsen prize and the winners, see the website of Avond van Wetenschap & Maatschappij (in Dutch).
Henriette Jensenius (Lorentz Center), Andrew Webb, Robbert Dijkgraaf (outgoing minister of Education, Culture and Science) and Anna Tudos (Lorentz Center)
photo: Roemer Overdiep
Marileen Dogterom (KNAW), Andrew Webb, Robbert Dijkgraaf (outgoing minister of Education, Culture and Science), Johnes Obungoloch
photo: Roemer Overdiep