Andrei Sakharov Prize
The Andrei Sakharov Prize of the American Physical Society is awarded every two years since 2006 for achievements of scientists led by the human rights.
It is endowed with $ 10,000 and named after Andrei Sakharov . It is usually awarded to physicists, but other scientists are also honored.
It is not to be confused with the Sakharov Prize .
Award winners
- 2006 Yuri Fyodorowitsch Orlov
- 2008 Liangying Xu
- 2010 Herman Winick , Joseph Birman , Morris Pripstein
- 2012 Mulugeta Bekele , Richard Wilson
- 2014 Boris Altshuler , Omid Kokabee
- 2016 Zafra Lerman
- 2018 Narges Mohammadi , Ravi Kuchimanchi , Association for India's Development
- 2020 Ayşe Erzan , Xiaoxing Xi