Laudatio of Vasily Pestun

Abstract

Dear colleagues and distinguished guests

The Hermann Weyl Prize was established by the Standing Committee of the International Colloquium on Group Theoretical Methods in Physics in 2002 and is awarded every two years to recognize young scientists who have performed original work of significant scientific quality in the area of understanding physics through symmetries. To be eligible for the Weyl Prize, the candidate should be either under thirty-five years of age, or be within five years of having received the doctoral degree, at the time of the deadline of the application.