Wolf Prize

Awarded for achievement in agriculture, chemistry, mathematics, medicine, physics, and the arts (see the Wolf Foundation Web site for details and history about this award).

Awardee Discipline Year of Award

Ronald Phillips* 
Regents Professor
College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences (CFANS)

For groundbreaking discoveries in genetics and genomics, laying the foundations for improvements in crop and livestock breeding, and sparking important advances in plant and animal sciences .

* Awarded jointly in 2007 to:
Michel A. J. Georges
University of Liège
Liège, Belgium