The scientific field was :“Statistical Physics of Out-of-Equilibrium Systems”
The International jury was composed by Prof. Herbert Spohn (chair), Prof. David Huse, Prof. Christopher Jarzynski and Prof. Andrea Liu
They decided to award the Prize to: Adam Nahum
The citation reads:
“ . . .for his ground-breaking contributions to the dynamics of non-integrable quantum many-body systems, in particular through the study of random quantum circuits."
The award ceremony took place via teleconference in Paris in December 2020.