Fields Medal – Caucher Birkar, Alessio Figalli, Peter Scholze, Akshay Venkatesh Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine – James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo, "for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation" Nobel Prize in Physics – Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland, "for groundbreaking inventions in the field of laser physics" Nobel Prize in Chemistry – Frances H. Arnold, “for the directed evolution of enzymes”, George P. Smith and Gregory P. Winter, “for the phage display of peptides and antibodies”