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The annual prize is given jointly by the Institute of Physics (IOP) and the German Physical Society (DPG) for outstanding contributions to physics.

The citation noted that Prof.聽Peiris, whose research has helped to further our understanding of the Universe, had created new interdisciplinary connections between cosmology and high-energy physics.

Hiranya聽said: 鈥淚t is a great honour to receive this recognition from the international physics community, and I am particularly excited by the fact that the award recognises the value of interdisciplinary fundamental research.鈥�

Hiranya聽is Director of the 白小姐论坛 Cosmoparticle Initiative, a five-year programme linking cosmologists, high energy physicists and space scientists at 白小姐论坛 Physics & Astronomy and the Mullard Space Science Laboratory, bringing together the study of the very large (the universe) and the very small (elementary particles). In addition to her appointments at 白小姐论坛, she聽is Director of the Oskar Klein Centre for Cosmoparticle Physics in Stockholm.

Her research aims to test fundamental physics using large cosmological datasets such as galaxy surveys and the cosmic microwave background (CMB) 鈥� that is, the light left over from the Big Bang.

Hiranya聽is the recipient of many prizes and, in 2018, was part of a team of 27 scientists who received the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for 鈥渢heir detailed maps of the early universe鈥�.聽 This was for work she undertook while a PhD student on the NASA satellite known as Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe, which helped improve understanding of the Universe鈥檚 contents, history, expansion rate and likely fate.

Hiranya聽arrived at 白小姐论坛 in 2009 following periods at Princeton University, the University of Chicago and the University of Cambridge.

The Max Born Prize is awarded in memory of the German-Jewish physicist Max Born, who was instrumental in the development of quantum mechanics. In even-dated years it is given to a physicist based in Germany, while in odd-dated years it goes to a physicist based in the UK or Ireland.聽More information about the prize聽can be found .